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WASHINGTON CATHEDRAL 
PERSPECTIVE VIEW Of THE WEST FRONT 

[From the Architect's Revised Drawing] 



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By W. L. pE Vries, Ph. D. 

CANON OF WASHINGTON 



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PtesiDent anD Dean 

The Bishop 

Canons 

Rev. Randolph H. McKim_, d.d., ll.d. 
Rev. Alfred Harding, d.d. 
Rev. W. L. De Vries, ph.d. 
Rev. G. C. Bratenahl 

JLap qiemfiers 

John M. Wilson, Brig.-General U. S. A., Secretary 

Charles C. Glover, Esq. 

John A, Kasson, Esq. 

George Truesdell, Esq. 

James Lowndes, Esq. 

George Dewey, Admiral U. S. N. 

Charles J. Bell, Esq. 

Thomas Hyde, Esq., Treasurer. 

Daniel C. Gilman, ll.d., d.c.l, 

William C. Rives, m.d. 



PtOt)O0t 

The Bishop 

Councillors 



Rev. C. S. Abbott, Jr. 
Rev. John A. Aspinwall 
Rev. J as. H. W. Blake 
Rev. G. C. Bratenahl 
Rev. Charles E. Buck 
Rev. W. L. De Vries, ph.d. 
Rev. G. F. Dudley 
Rev. E. S. Dunlap 
Ven. G. C. Graham, Jr. 
Ven. R. p. 



Cletfcal 

Rev. Alfred Harding, d.d. 
Rev. F. B. Howden 
Rev. Arthur S. Johns 
Ven. C. I. La Roche 
Rev. G. H. McGrew, d.d. 
Rev. R. H. McKim, d.d., ll.d. 
Rev. Thos. J. Packard, d.d. 
Rev. C. Ernest Smith, d.d., d.c.l. 
Rev. R. C. Smith, d. d. 
Williams, Secretary. 



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W. D. Baldwin, E^q. 
Chas. J. Bell, Esq. 
Arthur S. Browne, Esq. 
Melville Church, Esq. 
George Dewey, Admiral U. S. N. 
Daniel C. Gilman, ll.d., d.c.l. 
Charles C. Glover, Esq. 
J. Holdsworth Gordon, Esq. 
Charles J. Hedrick, Esq. 
Thomas Hyde, Esq. 

John M. Wilson, Brig. 



John A. Kasson, Esq. 
Stephen E. Kramer, Esq. 
Blair Lee, Esq. 
James Lowndes, Esq. 
Thomas Nelson Page, ll.d. 
Wm. C. Rives, m.d. 
W. H. Singleton, Esq. 
Chas. H. Stanley, Esq. 
George Truesdell, Esq. 
L. Allison Wilmer, Esq. 
-General U.S.A. 



Table of Contents 



Page 

Preface i 

In Memoriam : Henry Yates Satterlee, Bishop and Doctor iii 

Introduction 7 

The Preparation 11 

The First Beginnings 13 

The Preparation of the Cathedral Close 16 

The Bishop's Preparations 20 

Compiling and Printing the Services 21 

The Ceremonial Preparation 23 

The Grand Marshal's Work 25 

The Hospitality Arrangements 26 

The Choice of Men to Minister 30 

The Final Preparations 33 

The Great Day of the Feast 37 

The Laying oi the Foundation Stone 39 

Interlude 47 

The Brotherhood Service 48 

Aftermath 51 

The Forms Appointed for the Services . . 53 

The Office for the Laying of the Foundation Stone 55 

The Brotherhood Service 85 

The Form for the Dedication of the Canterbury Ambon ..... 87 

The Office for Turning the First Sod for the Cathedral 91 

Rationale of the Services 97 

The Addresses 105 

The President of the United States 107 

The Bishop of London — Salutation 108 

Brotherhood Address Ill 

The Bishop of Washington 116 

Justice Brewer 117 

Father Waggett 123 

Impressions and Appreciations 131 

Bishop Tuttle 133 

Archbishop Nuttall 134 

Bishop Parker 136 

Rev. Dr. Huntington 139 

Thomas Nelson Page, Esq 140 

N. Ferrar Davidson, Esq 144 

St. Andrevv's Cross 145 

Varia 147 

Register of Bishops Present 149 

The Order of Ceremonies 153 

The Inscription on the Foundation Stone 158 



List of Illustrations 



*'Peripective View of the West Front of Washington Cathedral, from 

the Architect's Revised Drawing Frontispiect 

Portrait of the Bishop of Washington Opposite page iii 

View of the Peace Cross and Salem " " 11 

The Plan of the Cathedral Close " " 16 

Views of the Cathedral Schools " " 24 

^ View of Washington from the Close " " 34 

Perspective View of the South Front of the Cathedral ... " " 40 
A View of the Visiting Clergy in Procession at Laying of the 

Foundation Stone " " 42 

"^Laying the Foundation Stone " " 46 

^The Procession at the Brotherhood Service " ** 49 

Perspective View of the West Front as first designed .... " " 59 

Perspective View of the Nave and Choir, Interior " " 84 

The Ground Plan of the Cathedral " " 91 

The Plan for the Bethlehem Chapel " " 97 

President Roosevelt speaking at the Foundation Stone Service " " 108 

The Bishop of London speaking at the Brotherhood Service . " " 114 

The Canterbury Ambon " " 120 

The Bishop of Washington and the Cathedral Chapter. . . " " 131 

The Little Sanctuary, Exterior " " 134 

The Visiting Bishops Opposite pages lid to 152 

The Little Sanctuary, Interior 158 



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This book was set up in type and within two days of going 
through the press when our Bishop was taken from his 
earthly labors to his rest and refreshment in Paradise. Not a 
word or letter has been changed, as he had revised and ap- 
proved the whole. But publication was delayed, and a brief 
memoir has been added, at the suggestion of Mr. Thomas Nel- 
son Page, and by unanimous request of the Cathedral Council. 
This memoir is necessarily but a sketch, and it is also imperfect 
in its estimate of a great man, because he has gone too recently 
for a long perspective, and because the writer is prevented both 
by love and his own limitations from seeing clearly. It is put 
forth in this place and at this time because superior judgment 
and high authorities believe that those who knew and loved 
him would desire at once to have a short and correct account 
of our Bishop's life and works. It is therefore incorporated 
into this book, which it was his plan to send to all the bishops 
in this country, to all his clergy, to all taking responsible part 
in the service of Michaelmas, a.d. 1907, and to all known 
friends of his Cathedral and Diocese. His intentions in this 
regard the Cathedral Chapter feel it a privilege to carry into 
effect. 

It is now permissible to say that the Bishop had much larger 
part in preparing and planning for the Foundation Stone Ser- 
vice than appears in the text of this book. When he revised 
the manuscript he cut out every reference to himself, except 
such as could not be avoided. By urgent persuasion he was in- 
duced to restore a few. This was characteristic ; for humility 
and selflessness were among his most conspicuous traits. But 
the idea of the service and its planning were essentially his, 
and in the preparations for it he foresaw and arranged for 
every possible detail and contingency in the conduct of an occa- 
sion necessarily full of problems and difficulties. 



ii Preface 

Those who would know the Bishop's whole heart and mind 
as to his Cathedral should read his two books, "The Building 
of a Cathedral," and "The Cathedral Builders Book, or Wash- 
ing Cathedral and the Working Out of An Ideal," The last 
named was published in the last days of his life. The record 
of what has been already done is given in the fifth edition of 
the Cathedral Handbook. All of these may be had of Canon 
Bratenahl, Mount St. Alban, Washington, D. C. 

In the preparation of this present book the writer has had 
constant and invaluable help at every step and in every part 
from his associate on the publication committee of the Chapter, 
Canon Bratenahl. The manuscript was also carefully and 
kindly revised by Canon Harding. The Treasurer of the 
Cathedral, Thomas Hyde, Esq., is yet another who has taken 
large and generous part in the production of the book. 



W. L. De Vries 



Washington 
The Feast of the Annunciation 
A.D. 1908 




HENRY YATES SATTERLEE, D.D., LL.D. 
Bishop of Washington 

The Feast of the Annunciation 

A.D. 1896 

to 

February 22, a.d. 1908 



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15101)0? anD Doctor 

DepatteD t!)i0 life, in tf)e faitf) anD feat of aoD, 

jFefituatp 22, H. w. 1908 

Henry Yates Satterlee was born in New York City January 
II, A.D. 1843. His father was Edward Satterlee, and his 
mother Jane Anna Yates. His infancy and childhood were 
spent chiefly in the home of his grandfather, Henry Yates, in 
Albany, His ancestry through the Yates and Satterlee fam- 
ilies was English, but through his grandmothers, and through 
Henry Yates' mother, it was Dutch, and it was in Albany he 
imbibed the spirit and the knowledge of the old Dutch customs 
and ideas along the Hudson, which were potent influences in 
his life and subjects of constant interest to him. 

Before he was grown and went to college he spent a year 
abroad in travel with his father and mother and others of his 
family, a year which bore abundant fruit in the broad culture, 
sympathetic interest in art, architecture, music, and literature, 
and keen delight in travel and contact with men of all nations 
and tongues, that marked his mature years. 

The family home at this period was in New York City in 
winter and near West Point in summer. 

Henry Yates Satterlee was fitted for college in the Columbia 
grammar school under the famous scholar of the day. Rev. Dr. 
Charles Anthon, and he was graduated from Columbia Col- 
lege in A.D. 1863. 

Much was done in these schools for the equipment of his 
mind, and the training of his character, but it was in his own 
home that the most powerful formative influences were brought 
to play upon the Bishop, as he was to become. His father was 



iv 3n Q^emotiam 

a man of fine mind, wide information, and high principles. 
The mother, a woman of rare spiritual and ethical quality, 
much given to prayer and self-discipline, and of deep and 
thoroughgoing faith, carefully trained her children in the prin- 
ciples of religion. She was a member of the Dutch Reformed 
Church, and in this connection brought up her children. But 
the sympathies of her son Henry, as he approached man's 
estate, were drawn to the Episcopal Church, and with his 
mother's full consent, he placed himself under the instruction 
of Rev. Dr. Arthur Cleveland Coxe, Rector of Calvary Parish, 
New York, who presented him for confirmation to Bishop Ho- 
ratio Potter, in Trinity Church in a.d, 1863. At once he be- 
came a candidate for holy orders, and in the autumn of the 
same year he entered the General Theological Seminary. He 
was graduated three years later, and was ordained deacon by 
Bishop Horatio Potter, who also advanced him to the priest- 
hood on his twenty-fourth birthday. 

He began his ministry as assistant in Zion Parish, Wap- 
pinger's Falls, N. Y. As the Rector, Rev. Dr. George B. An- 
drews, was advanced in years and in feeble health, Mr. Sat- 
terlee was practically the pastor, and succeeded to the rector- 
ship on the death of Dr. Andrews in a.d. 1875. 

In this cure the need was pre-eminently pastoral, and Mr. 
Satterlee met this need with a sympathy and a power that be- 
came a potent influence in the lives of the people and in the life 
of the community, which was composed partly of a rural farm- 
ing folk, largely of factory hands and townfolk, and in some 
measure of men of leisure or in business in New York, and oc- 
cupying estates in the vicinity at least for a portion of each 
year. 

The strong personality and marked individuality, and 
the unusual gifts of leadership and that capacity for en- 
listing men and women in the higher ministries of God and 
their fellow men, and of organizing them in guilds and socie- 
ties for co-operative and disciplined effort, which later found 
their fullest expression and scope in his wider work as a city 



Sn Qiemotiam v 

rector, and as Bishop of a see which he made great, already 
manifested themselves in the work at Wappinger's Falls. For 
here he brought into play upwards of twenty-eight organiza- 
tions to meet the needs of his people, and to give every gift in 
every willing helper a field of useful service. 

The love he won here for himself accompanied him all 
through life, and the seed he sowed sprang up abundantly, and 
still bears copious fruit. 

On June 30, a.d. 1866, Mr. Satterlee had married Miss Jane 
Lawrence Churchill, of New York City. 

His wife's sympathy in all his work both in its smaller and 
larger spheres, her quick intelligence and unusually liberal and 
thorough education, her sure ethical estimates of men and 
women, her never failing help in all her husband's work, at- 
tending to his private affairs, and, as his duties broadened out, 
her ceaseless and unwearying labors relieving him of much of 
the "table serving" of a rector's and a bishop's life, her cordial 
and ever-ready hospitality to all sorts and conditions of men, 
her tact and insight, and above all her devotion to Christ and 
His Church, were a help such as bless but few public men in the 
same measure and scope. 

A son and a daughter, Churchill and Constance, brought the 
fulness of blessing to this household, and as they grew in age 
and reached riper years they too became willing and happy 
coadjutors to their father, and an unfailing joy. Churchill, 
who was endowed with the best of his father's and mother's 
gifts, and whose short ministry was full of real achievement 
and yet greater promise, was called to his rest in the certain 
hope of a joyful resurrection, on February 16, a.d. 1904. He 
left two sons, Henry Yates, and Churchill, and a daughter, 
Ethel Stuyvesant (the children of his wife, Helen, daughter of 
Mr. and Mrs. George Winthrop Folsom, of Lenox, Mass.), 
to carry on into other generations the spirit and work of those 
two men of God, their father and grandfather. 

In A.D. 1882 Henry Yates Satterlee was called to the rector- 
ship of Calvary Parish, New York, which, on account of 



vi 3n ^emoriam 

the changed conditions of the neighborhood, Bishop Horatio 
Potter held to be in a critical condition, and this was the rea- 
son that finally led Mr. Satterlee to accept a responsibility for 
which he doubted his worthiness. This points to a notable 
trait that marked his whole ministry from this time on. He 
loved to undertake and master difficult things, and in easy 
things he found it hard to interest himself. Advising one of 
his younger clergy a short time before he was called away, he 
said that the business end of his office was always irksome and 
difficult to him when he entered the ministry, but he made it 
his duty, and it ultimately became his pride, to attend to the 
routine side of his work with the utmost attention to detail 
and system. In the later and crowded years of his New York 
rectorship and of his busy episcopate, filled to the brim with 
high emprise and large endeavor, he was obliged to let many 
of these things go for the higher duties of spiritual leadership ; 
but in these days his wife and men he had trained attended 
to such matters for him. 

The New York rectorship was marked by the same personal 
sympathy and human touch, only developed and deepened, 
that characterized the work at Wappinger's Falls, but it had 
now found a larger field and greater problems. The work was 
divided into three great divisions, — the parish church, largely 
composed of men of affairs, of large business interests, and 
high professional position in law, medicine, and education; 
Calvary Chapel, a congregation chiefly of wage-earners; and 
the Galilee Mission, in the midst of one of the most congested 
and needy sections of the city. This last work, with its lodg- 
ing house, eating and reading rooms, men's clubs, and kindred 
institutions, was a creation of Dr. Satterlee's own mind, heart, 
and endeavor, supported by a willing people. The aim of the 
ministry of Dr. Satterlee and his large staff of assistants, lay 
and clerical, in those three fields, reaching every aspect of the 
Church's pastoral work, was the personal, man to man, touch 
and uplift. Dr. Satterlee created great institutions in his par- 
ish, and added in buildings and equipment several hundred 



Jin ^emorfam vH 

thousand dollars' worth of property to its holdings; but he 
avowedly disliked the term and idea of "the institutional 
church," and felt deeply that every parochial organization and 
institution must simply be an instrument and means for the 
spread and deepening of the influence of Jesus Christ by His 
Holy Spirit working through human personality. Christ and 
the human heart must come first; all else must be subsidiary 
and auxiliary. 

Dr. Satterlee at once became far more than a parish priest, 
and was soon a potent force in the work of the city and diocese, 
and in the national Church. All manner of civic and municipal 
problems, the great sociological, educational and religious ques- 
tions of the day, reform, marriage and divorce, labor, Church 
unity. Church missions, parochial missions, temperance, en- 
gaged his warm sympathy, and active co-operation for good 
and for God. He was elected to high positions of trust and 
honor in his diocese, and his insight and power of vision were 
fruitful sources of blessing to many of our larger Church soci- 
eties and undertakings, including notably the Brotherhood of 
St. Andrew, which he felt to be a divinely called society for the 
evangelizing and energizing of the men of the Church ; and it 
gave him personally an enlarged means of exercising his pecu- 
liar power of drawing young men to Christ, and to the ser- 
vice of God and man. 

To the younger clergy of New York and vicinity, and to the 
students of the General Theological Seminary he became a 
warm friend and an often invoked spiritual counsellor and 
guide. 

As a preacher, always clear of vision into spirtual things, 
understanding profoundly the deepest needs of the human 
heart, and with a wonderful insight into the practical and eth- 
ical bearings upon life of the truths of the Christian faith. Dr. 
Satterlee never failed to speak some suggestive, helpful, 
strengthening, comforting word, and at times his sermons 
reached the highest plane of power and eloquence. It was 
probably in his addresses to communicants in the Pro-Cathe- 



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dral, Washington, on Saturday afternoons in Lent a.d. 1907, 
that Bishop Satterlee ministered with greatest power the word 
of life. 

In the midst of his manifold labors Dr. Satterlee always 
found time to read and to write not a little, and has recorded 
in permanent form his mind and heart as to the Christian faith 
and life in several valuable books and pamphlets. Among 
these the best known are "A Creedless Gospel and the Gospel 
Creed," "New Testament Churchmanship," and "The Calling 
of the Christian." His excellent and comprehensive Sunday 
School manual, "Christ and His Church," written many years 
ago, is still much in demand. 

Institutions of learning recognized Henry Yates Satterlee's 
work as a teacher and writer by conferring on him academic 
distinctions. Union College made him a doctor in divinity in 
A.D. 1882; Princeton honored him and herself by giving him 
the same degree at her sesquicentennial in a.d. 1896, and his 
own aJma mater, Columbia, who had conferred the b.a. and 
M.A. on him years before, gave him the ll.d. degree in a.d. 

1897- 

Early in his rectorship at Calvary his breadth of sympathy, 
depth of insight, height of vision, and rare power of patient 
and persevering effort, marked out Dr. Satterlee for the epis- 
copate, and he was elected Bishop of several dioceses, and con- 
sidered for many others. He declined every overture of this 
kind. But Washington elected him December 6, a.d. 1905, 
and won him ; for after protracted and prayerful consideration 
he became convinced of the importance and difficulty of the 
field, and was persuaded by the counsellors whose advice he 
trusted, and by the inward guidance of the Holy Spirit, that it 
was his duty to respond to this call to service. 

By the special wish of the Presiding Bishop, Rt. Rev. Dr. 
John Williams, of Connecticut, who dearly loved him, the Feast 
of the Annunciation, as one of the great feasts of the incarna- 
tion, was selected for the consecration, March 25, a.d. 1896. 
The service was one of devotional power, and of great dignity 



Hn apemotiam ix 

and beauty. Bishop Williams was not well enough to come, 
and the chief consecrator was he who had presented him for 
confirmation, now for many years Bishop of Western New 
York, Rt. Rev. Dr. Arthur Cleveland Coxe. 

The Bishop's work in his newly founded and difficult diocese 
it is too soon to estimate, and the present writer is not the one 
to do it. In and through it all the Bishop showed himself pre- 
eminently a man of faith, of love, of prayer, of vision, and of 
achievement. His special care was the maintenance and exten- 
sion of the Church in the country districts and poorer sections 
of the city, the education and training of his candidates for 
holy orders, the guiding of the devotional life of the clergy and 
people, the calling out of the communicants of the Church to 
lives of consecration and service, the uplifting of the commu- 
nity to higher ideals and larger and religious achievements. 
But the Bishop, as has been often noted, rightly conceived his 
office as a bishop in the Church of God not merely on a local, 
but also on a national, indeed on an ecumenical scale ; that is, 
all good causes in the Church in all parts of the world attracted 
his ready interest and earnest help. Mexico, the negro work, 
Alaska, the Philippines, and Panama were his chief concerns 
in the Board of Missions. For a long time he was provisional 
Bishop of Mexico, and overseer of the work in Panama. A 
visit to the Czar, to present the petitions of hundreds of thou- 
sands of American Christians of all names in behalf of the 
stopping of the Armenian massacres, was one of his first duties 
and joys. The oversight and choice of army and navy chap- 
lains from the Episcopal Church soon was assigned to him by 
the General Convention, and with the glad consent of the Pres- 
ident, first Mr. McKinley and then Mr. Roosevelt. 

The story of his manifold endeavors in city and nation, and 
in the Church at home and abroad can not here be told. They 
were so many and he was always so ready and prompt to un- 
dertake every good cause that, as one of the Bishops observed 
on the day of his burial, the wonder is not that he died so soon, 
but that he had the strength to live so long. 



X In Qiemoriam 

The truest and greatest work of Bishop Satterlee was that 
which man can not know nor record, but only God, the winning 
to Christ, the spiritual upbuilding, and vitalizing and enrich- 
ment of many men and women. But the magnum opus of the 
first Bishop of Washington in the visible and tangible order 
was the founding of the Cathedral. Before the Diocese was 
organized the trustees had been chartered and organized, a site 
selected, and Mrs. Phoebe Hearst had promised a large sum 
for a building for a school for girls. After careful considera- 
tion the Bishop adjudged the site selected not adequate for a 
great national Cathedral. He discovered and secured the pres- 
ent commanding site. At once he placed on it the Peace Cross, 
during the session of the General Convention in Washington 
in A.D. 1898, and unveiled it in a great and memorable service. 

The idea and need of a great free church at Washington he 
presented in many great cities — Boston, New York, Balti- 
more, Philadelphia, Providence, San Francisco. He pleaded 
the benefits of a centre for the devotional, charitable, educa- 
tional and missionary activities of the Diocese, and showed the 
blessings such an institution at the capital could be made to 
bestow on both the Church and commonwealth of this nation. 
The Girls' School was soon builded and in successful opera- 
tion. Many monuments and memorials from all parts of the 
world were brought to the Cathedral Close and made to con- 
tribute to its historic character, among them notably the Jeru- 
salem Altar, the Glastonbury Cathedra, the Jordan Font. The 
ground had not been secured two months when the remains of 
the first Bishop consecrated on American soil. Dr. Claggett, 
and his wife, were translated to Mount St. Alban, on All 
Saints' Day, a.d. 1898. The Bishop presented the cause of the 
Cathedral so persuasively that money steadily came in to pay 
for the site, and finally one splendid gift from a devoted Wash- 
ington churchwoman completed the purchase on Thanksgiv- 
ing Day, A.D. 1905. Meantime Mrs. Harriet Lane Johnston 
had been won to such confidence in this great project that she 



3n qpemoriam xi 

left a large legacy for the building and endowment of the 
Choir School, which was soon under way. 

During these years the Bishop had created an open air 
Cathedral, the first on record in Church history. The Sunday 
afternoon services from Ascension Day to All Saints (the 
Bishop's vision carried into effect by willing helpers), were 
largely attended especially by men and women not in the habit 
of attending worship, and were found to be far reaching in 
their spiritual effects. Again and again great services on great 
occasions drew vast crowds to the Cathedral Close. Among 
these were the raising of the Peace Cross, already mentioned, 
the dedications of the Jerusalem Altar, the Font, the Cathedra, 
the Girls' School, the Boys' School, the Pan-American Mis- 
sionary service, the visit of the Archbishop of Canterbury, and 
lastly and chiefly the services on the occasion of the laying of 
the Foundation Stone, on the Feast of St. Michael and All 
Angels in a.d. 1907, of which this book gives the full record. 

The Bishop from birth was of robust health, and until late 
years stopped for nothing and was always severely taxing his 
strength. But in January, a.d. 1904, he had a severe attack of 
the grippe, and before he was well came the severe shock of his 
son's death, following close upon the loss of his brother Ed- 
ward and his brother-in-law, Captain Robert Catlin. These 
sorrows never broke his brave Christian spirit, but they seri- 
ously undermined his physique, and though his Diocese asked 
and urged him to take a long rest, he went on with his duties, 
until late in May he was taken down with typhoid fever, from 
which the physicians brought him back to health, but with 
abated strength. Since then in spite of special treatment he 
has never been quite the same man physically, and was partic- 
ularly susceptible to attacks of the grippe. If he had decreased 
his work he would probably have lived some years longer, but 
he was as intrepid and chivalrous as ever to remedy the wrong, 
maintain the right, and undertake difficult and great things for 
his Diocese and the Church at large. 



xii 3n ^emoriam 

On February loth he went to New York, though suflfering 
from a cold, to attend the Board of Missions, and to see to 
other duties for his Diocese and the Church. Thence he went 
to Providence, R. I., to present the cause of his Cathedral 
building to the large committee working on its behalf in that 
city for some years back. Returning, he was detained a long 
while and without food on the transfer steamer in a great fog 
on the North River. He reached Washington worn and sick 
on Friday, February 14th, but insisted on keeping a visitation 
appointment that evening. Sunday he celebrated the Holy 
Communion as usual in his private Chapel, and administered 
confirmation at St. Philip's Chapel, Anacostia, D. C. at 1 1 a. m. 
He could scarce be persuaded to give up an evening appoint- 
ment. Monday it was realized that he was very sick, but an 
unfavorable end was not feared. Thursday it was pronounced 
serious, but no immediate danger was anticipated till about one 
a. m. Saturday, when he began to sink suddenly and rapidly. 
The heart was affected. The Bishop had himself expected this 
end for several days. In the last hours, fortified by the Sacra- 
ment of the Master's body and blood, blessing those about him, 
and repeating the Gloria in excelsis, favorite psalms, and the 
Te Deum, and at the very end with the Preface and the Holy, 
Holy, Holy of the Sanctus on his lips, he departed this life 
a little after daybreak. It was Washington's birthday, an as- 
sociation of dates that would appeal to his historical sense, 
which was strongly developed. 

On February 25th his body was laid to rest by brother 
bishops, his Diocese, and many friends, including President 
Roosevelt, with a great but simple service of triumphant faith 
at the Pro-Cathedral.* 



*The Te Deum was sung after the Lesson, and was followed by the 
Easter hymn of victory, "The strife is o'er, the battle done," and then 
came the Nicene Creed. Before the benediction "O Lamb of God, still 
keep me near to thy wounded side," was sung, and the recessional was 
"For all the saints who from their labors rest." 



3n ^emotiam xni 

At the grave the simple committal service of the Prayer 
Book was said. 

In the Little Sanctuary on the Cathedral Close his 
genius has created, hardby the Jerusalem Altar, his body lies 
for the present ; it is the wish of his family and the purpose of 
the Cathedral Chapter to place it under the altar of the Cathe- 
dral when the Bethlehem Chapel is completed. 

Thus has passed from among us a saint of God ; for in him 
was fulfilled every word of our Lord's own description of saint- 
liness in the beatitudes: 

:fl3le6seD are tbe poor In spirit: tor tbcirg is tbe kingOom ot 
bcaven. 

mceecb arc tbcs tbat mourn : for tbeis sball be comtorteD, 

asiesseO are tbe meeft : tor tbes sball inberit tbe eartb. 

JBlesseD are tbe^ wbicb Do bunger anO tbiret atter riflbteous* 
ness: tor tbeg aball be fllleD. 

JBlesseD are tbe merciful: for tbes sball obtain meres. 

JBIcsecD arc tbe pure in beart: for tbes sball see (5oD. 

BlcsseD are tbe peaccmafters: for tbe^ sball be calleO tbe 
cbil&ren of (5oD, 

JSlcsseO arc tbeg wbicb are persecuted for rigbteousness' 
saftc: for tbeirs is tbe ftinabom of beaven, 

aSlcsscD are gc, wben men sball revile igou, anD persecute sou, 
ano sball sai^ all manner of evil against sou falsely, for ms safte. 

IRcjoice, anD be erceebing giaO : for great is sour rewarD in 
beaven : for so persecuteb tbes tbe propbcts wbicb were before 
sou* 

But of all these truest of him our first Bishop both for this 
life and for the other is this: 

JBlesscD arc tbe pure in beart: for tbes sball see (Bob. 



allj? 3T0tt«hatto« ^to«? look 



This book, containing an account of the laying of the Foun- 
dation Stone of Washington Cathedral, and of the great 
Brotherhood service, the addresses at the two services, copies 
of the services, pen pictures and impressions by several rep- 
resentative persons present, and other data, has been compiled, 
and is published, at the request of many to serve as a perma- 
nent record of a great day in the history of the American 
Church, and to guide the officers of the Cathedral in future 
great services and ceremonials. 

As regards all who were present, and especially those who 
were permitted to have responsible part in the services, surely 
Haec olim mentinisse iuvabit. 

And those who come after and are privileged to participate 
in the glorious worship of the great National Cathedral on 
St. Alban's Mount, and have entered into our works and the 
joy of them, — they will be happy to know who did these 
things, and how they were done. 

Therefore for the benefit of the worshippers on our holy 
hill, past, present and future, this book of remembrance is 
written. 



®I|0 pr?paratt0tt 



Cbe jFir0t 'Beginnings 

For a long time it had been the hope O'f the Bishop of 
Washington that it would be possible to mark the historic year 
of our Lord, 1907, and the happy conjunction of the Interna- 
tional Convention of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew, the 
General Convention qf the American Church, and the first 
visit of a bishop of London to these shores and to the Capital 
City of this Nation, by the laying of the foundation stone of 
the National Cathedral. But so much of necessity must first 
be done, — the paying off of all debt on the Close, the deter- 
mination of the exact location of the Cathedral on the Close, 
the completion of the Cathedral constitution and organiza- 
tion, the choice of architects and of designs, — that this hope 
seemed rather a splendid dream than likely to become sub- 
stantive reality. 

But hope and faith never wavered, and in the providence 
of God the many important and often tedious undertakings 
incident to the work were brought, partly by the Bishop's own 
efforts, partly by the generosity of friends of the cause, and 
by the labors of the Chapter and of others, to a happy issue. 

The last supreme question was the designs. If, when they 
should arrive from the hands of the architects in May, a.d. 
1907, they should prove acceptable to all concerned, the 
Bishop, the Chapter, the Diocese, the public, then by strenuous 
effort the foundation stone could be laid during the Interna- 
tional Convention of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew in Wash- 
ington in late September, when the Bishop of London, and 
other bishops, priests, and laymen from all over the world, 
would be at the American Capital, and our own bishops and 
representative presbyters and laymen could stop over on their 



14 Clje Preparation 

way to the General Convention at Richmond, making this 
event one of the most remarkable of its kind in the history of 
the Christian Church. The designs would be acceptable, it 
was agreed, if they pictured a cathedral which should be at 
once a typical cathedral of the best English Gothic school, and 
also thoroughly individual and original, no mere imitation of 
any existing building. To obtain such a result, perhaps as yet 
unachieved since before the Reformation, was truly difficult; 
but great confidence was felt that if any men living could 
achieve it, Dr. George Bodley, and Mr. Henry Vaughan were 
the men. 

The arrival of the designs was delayed. June arrived. At 
last word came that they were on the ocean. It was a very 
anxious time. The Bishop did not hesitate to offer prayer in 
public and private that they might arrive safely. And in 
safety and on time they came. By the courtesy of the Secre- 
tary of the Treasury, Hon. George B. Cortelyou, and the per- 
sonal attention of Mr. E. P. Floyd-Jones, of New York, they 
were immediately delivered in Washington, namely on June 
7th. 

The Bishop and Chapter at once felt that their hopes were 
more than realized and that the designs were those of a cathe- 
dral truly great, worthy of our Church, our nation, and the 
Capital. The Cathedral Council was convened and organized 
and gave its approval. The clergy and laity of the diocese and 
many prominent citizens were invited in to the Bishop's House 
to view them. They all approved. Finally on June loth the 
Chapter held a full meeting, a meeting which proved to be the 
looth since the chartering of the board of trustees of the 
Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation in the District of 
Columbia, in a. d. 1893. The meeting was in the board 
room of the Riggs National Bank. After full discussion and 
careful consideration, the plans were unanimously accepted on 
motion of Admiral Dewey, and Mr. Henry Vaughan of Bos- 
ton, and Dr. George F. Bodley of London, were appointed 
architects of Washington Cathedral. 



Cj)e Jfirst 15e0inninff0 15 

It is interesting to note the co-operation of Army and Navy 
with the Church at this juncture, as so often in the story of our 
EngHsh and American race. For not only did the Admiral 
of the Navy present and urge the motion, but it was seconded 
by the president of the Standing Committee of the Diocese, 
Canon McKim, and favored and recorded by a distinguished 
army officer, now first beginning his service as secretary of 
the Chapter, though a trustee from the beginning, Brigadier- 
General John M. Wilson. late chief of engineers, U. S. A. 
It was also at this meeting that the Chapter endorsed the deci- 
sion of the Bishop to lay the foundation stone with a great 
service at twelve mid-day on Sunday, September 29th, the 
Feast of St. Michael and All Angels, and agreed that this stone 
should be a part of the foundation of the cathedral altar and 
of the wall of a crypt chapel of the Holy Nativity. 

But the Bishop and Chapter in their preparations for this 
day had not waited for this happy conclusion of this important 
part of the work. Many months before the Bishop had in- 
vited the Bishop of London to visit Washington and be the 
speaker at the laying of the foundation stone. Late in May 
he sent for Canon De Vries and gave him his ideas and wishes 
as to the service, which he desired should witness to the incar- 
nation and Virgin birth of our Lord, and commissioned him 
to compile and prepare the service on his behalf. 

At the primary meeting of the Cathedral Council a commit- 
tee to take charge of all preparations and arrangements for the 
laying of the foundation stone was appointed, as follows : The 
Bishop, e.v officio, Canon Harding, Canon De Vries, Canon 
Bratenahl, Archdeacon Williams, General Wilson, and Colonel 
George Truesdell and W. H. Singleton, Esq. This committee 
with the Bishop's approval delegated the work in detail as 
follows : 

Master of Ceremonies, Canon Harding. 

Editor and Compiler of Services, Canon De Vries. 

In charge of General Arrangements, Canon Bratenahl. 

Master of Transportation, Archdeacon Williams. 



1 6 ci)e preparation 

Sale of Platform Tickets, W. H. Singleton, Esq. 

Hospitality Committee, Rev. G. F. Dudley, Rev. F. B. How- 
d,en, Rev. C. R. Stetson. 

Director of Music, Edgar Priest, Esq., choirmaster of St. 
Paul's Parish. 

In September, these were added : 

Grand Marshal, Major Richard Sylvester. 

In charge of Invitations and Seating of Platform, Rev. E. S. 
Dunlap. 

Press and Publicity, Rev. G. F. Dudley. 

Chief Usher at Foundation Stone Service, Wm. H. Single- 
ton, Esq., assisted by the Churchman's League of the District 
of Columbia. 

Chief Usher at the Brotherhood Service, Wm. B. Dent, Esq., 
assisted by the local assembly of the Brotherhood of St. An- 
drew. 

Master of the Choir School, Henry P. Blair, Esq. 

In charge of Luncheon Arrangements, Corcoran Thom, Esq. 

Medical and Surgical Attendance, Rev. C. Rochford Stetson. 

In charge of Distribution of Literature (service copies, pam- 
phlets, etc.), Byron S. Adams, Esq. 

Cfte Preparation of tfte CatfteOral Close 

Canon Bratenahl was commissioned by the Bishop and Chap- 
ter not only to superintend all the preparations of the Cathedral 
Close incident to the foundation stone and Brotherhood ser- 
vices (the latter being appointed by request of the Brotherhood 
of St. Andrew for the afternoon of St. Michael and All Angels' 
Day), but also to see that all the buildings and grounds should 
be in perfect order, all improvements, alterations, and addi- 
tions to buildings, memorials, etc., completed, and every con- 
venience provided for the comfort of the bishops, clergy, chor- 
isters, invited guests, and multitudes of people expected at the 
service. 




^^iSi NCTp.N 
B^TOED^AL CLOSE 



MHM ' II' ' '"MmWBf'^P""^^*^""" 



THE CATHEDRAL CLOSE 



Ptepating tfte CatfteDtal Close 17 

Canon Bratenahl at once started the works, and was busy all 
summer supervising many changes and improvements of the 
Cathedral Close and its buildings, of which the following are 
the most important : 

1. The Cathedral School for Girls. — The entertainment 
of Bishops of our Church and their wives and of 30 of 
the Alumnse of the school by Mrs. Barbour Walker was ren- 
dered more feasible and more agreeable to her guests, by many 
alterations and improvements in the school building, which 
were undertaken during the summer, under the direction of 
the Advisory Committee of the Chapter, because of the in- 
creased enrollment of pupils, and the necessity of making addi- 
tional space for this larger number of girls. 

2. St. Hilda's Lodge. — A much needed resting-place for the 
women who attended the long exercises on September 29th 
was afforded by altering a barn into four self-contained dwell- 
ing houses, with separate entrances, containing in all 35 rooms 
and 4 bathrooms, with steam heat and electric light, for the 
domestic staff of the Girls' School. 

3. A boardwalk from the school to St. Hilda's Lodge, ce- 
ment walks from the school to the entrance at Woodley Lane, 
were constructed, and a shelter to protect those waiting for 
the electric cars was built at the corner of Woodley Lane and 
Wisconsin Avenue. 

4. The Electric Lighting system on the Cathedral Grounds 
was more than doubled. 

5. The Cathedral Baptistery was reconstructed and reno- 
vated. 

6. The Jordan Font was relined and all the bas reliefs 
cleansed, and the central figure itself was changed so as to 
bring it more into harmony with the spirit of its surroundings. 

7. A drinking zvater foimtain given by the congregation at- 
tending the open air serv^ices, was added on the exterior of 



i8 Cj)e Preparation 

the Baptistery and provided with a Pasteur filter and a mode 
of icing the water by means of a system of coils of pipe. 

8. The Cathedral Choir School. — During the summer the 
grounds about the Choir School were graded and turfed; the 
walks and roads were laid out and macadamized ; the plumbing 
in the school was completed; the electric lights were set, and 
the entire building provided with fly screens. 

9. A Bell Tower was added to the Little Sanctuary and a 
set of tubular chimes consisting of a peal of fifteen bells, 
given by Mr. and Mrs. George S. Bowdoin, was installed in the 
tower. 

10. The Canterbury Ambon was erected in the Little Sanc- 
tuary. 

11. The Peace Cross itself was raised and a large four- 
square base of three steps was added as a pediment, on the 
upper and western face of which a pavement of stones from 
the Holy Land was inlaid, called The Salem Place and used 
as the pulpit for the ordinary open-air services. 

12. The Foundation Stone. 

(a) On St. Bartholomew's Eve the first sod was turned. 

(b) The excavation was then made for the foundation stone 
itself and an ii-foot deep substructure of concrete prepared. 

(c) A temporary wooden apse containing platform and 
seats was constructed, affording seating capacity for nearly 
3,000 people. The outer walls of the Cathedral itself were 
outlined and indicated by festoons of roping from which were 
suspended descriptive cards.* 

(d) The platform at the open air amphitheater was enlarged 
by the addition of a pace for the visiting clergy and a new plat- 



*In the designing and building of the platform or wooden apse, the 
architect, Mr. Arthur Heaton, gave valuable and loving service, in addition 
to the work for which the Chapter employed him at St. Hilda's Lodge and 
the Girls' School. 



preparing tfte CatfteDral Close 19 

form for the band. Seats for 2,000 members of the Brother- 
hood of St. Andrew were provided, besides those arranged 
for the great congregation, 

13. The roadways through the Cathedral grounds were re- 
finished with bluestone. 

14. An independent intercommunicating telephone system 
was installed between the buildings on the Cathedral grounds. 

15. Four commodious houses were built on the grounds 
as public conveniences for men and for women. 

The notable event of these preparations was the turning of 
the first sod for the Cathedral. On St. Bartholomew's Eve 
Mr. Vaughan came down from Boston and after protracted 
consultation with Canon Bratenahl and Canon De Vries, who 
were fortified with long and carefully worked out statements 
and descriptions from the Bishop, the character, orientation 
and general plan of the crypt chapel, the relation of the foun- 
dation stone to the Cathedral, as the first stone of the sub- 
structure which should support the cathedral altar and also 
serve as the rear wall of the crypt chapel, and the exact loca- 
tion of Cathedral, chapel, altar, and foundation stone, were 
all determined. It was also agreed that for safety and pro- 
tection, the Bethlehem stone should be set into a large block of 
American granite, which was purchased for this purpose by 
Canon Bratenahl and Mr. Vaughan. 

Meantime a form of service was prepared in manuscript by 
Canon De Vries, and at three o'clock in the afternoon in a 
pouring rain this service was conducted by Canon Bratenahl, 
Canon De Vries, and the Rev. W. T. Snyder, Mr. Vaughan 
turning the sod. 

From this time forward the works went forward rapidly, 
and by steady work and persevering care all the many prepa- 
rations at the Cathedral Close were brought to a happy con- 
clusion by the end of September ; every physical arrangement 
was completed, and the whole Close in perfect order and never 



20 Cbe preparation 

looking more lovely. The weather had been ideal for the lawns 
and the trees and shrubberies, and the God of Nature and of 
Man had favored all of our undertakings. All was ready, and 
the service would be great and impressive, if only the weather 
on September 29th should be rainless, 

Cbe 15i06op'0 preparations 

Meantime the Bishop had been steadily at work. By the 
middle of June he had written his former dragoman in the 
Holy Land, his friend ever since, Mr. Herbert E. Clark, of 
Jerusalem, and had arranged with him for the sending to 
Washington of stone from Bethlehem for the foundation stone 
of the Cathedral. This stone was quarried in a field near the 
Church of the Holy Nativity, and reached Washington shortly 
before St. Bartholomew's Eve. 

Leaving the city about June 20th, the Bishop spent the sum- 
mer at his lodge at Twilight Park in the Catskills, and at 
Cazenovia, N. Y., but he kept in almost daily touch with the 
work on the grounds, and wrote and published a statement and 
appeal entitled, "Washington Cathedral, the Working out of 
an Ideal," describing the designs of the new cathedral, show- 
ing their deeper significances, explaining the purpose and place 
of a cathedral in the kingdom of God on earth, and appealing 
for funds for the building. He also wrote many personal let- 
ters asking for aid both for the building fund and for the 
expenses of the services on St. Michael's Day. With the ar- 
chitects he kept up a steady correspondence discussing the de- 
signs and suggesting improvements in many details, but none 
affecting the general design. 

All this work, in addition to the supervision of his diocese, 
and preparations for the Brotherhood and General Conven- 
tions, gave the Bishop a very busy summer. When the com- 
pilation and composition of the service began, late in July, his 
duties were much increased, for there was scarcely a day that 
he did not read or revise some part of the manuscript or proof, 



Compilinff anU ptinting tfte ^eri3ice0 21 

or write to Washington suggestions or alterations. Busy as 
the summer season was for the Bishop, yet the most arduous 
tasks were to be those of the last three weeks before our 
Cathedral day, as we shall see when we come to the final prepa- 
rations. 

Cl)e Compiling anD Printing of tbt ^erUices; 

Late in July the preparation of the services for the laying 
of the foundation stone and the Brotherhood open-air meeting, 
the selection of appropriate scripture, hymns, prayers and col- 
lects, and the composition of such forms as the nature of the 
occasion might require, were taken in hand. The many unu- 
sual services during ten years at the Cathedral Close had 
afforded unusual experience in this work, a special familiarity 
with liturgical forms, and a knowledge of those elements that 
make for devotional power and effect. Without this long ex- 
perience and the valuable suggestions and criticisms, construc- 
tive always and kindly, of many bishops, presbyters, and lay- 
men, it is safe to say that the service of Michaelmas, a. d. 
1907, could never have been composed to secure power, beauty, 
and correct liturgical form, nor printed with fidelity to Prayer 
Book models, nor rendered with accuracy, speed, and devo- 
tional effect by the master of ceremonies and his assistants. 
And all through these years the hope of the laying of the 
foundation stone had been before the Bishop and his helpers, 
so that in all the preceding services there had been an under- 
tone of reserve and restraint, so that the highest note could be 
sounded when we should come to the great day of aspiration 
and desire. For instance, the Nicene Creed and the Te Deum 
had n,ever been used in the special Cathedral services, and the 
Gloria in excelsis but once, at the raising of the Peace Cross, 
the first service on the Cathedral Close. In a word the highest 
note of praise, and the deepest note of faith, had not as yet 
been sounded at Mount Saint Alban. 

With this preparation then the compilation went forward, 



22 ci)e Ptepatation 

was completed, typewritten, sent on to the Bishop, by him 
revised and approved, and at last placed in the hands of the 
printer. 

The printing was given to the firm of Byron S. Adams, 
printers of large experience and of special fitness for this work, 
because they had always printed all Cathedral and other di- 
ocesan services for us, and Mr. Adams is a very devoted and 
interested churchman. Mr. Wm. J. Eynon, of this firm, took 
personal oversight of this piece of work, and his good taste, 
skill, patience and perseverance are chief factors in the excel- 
lent typographical result. He and the editor spent many 
hours in conference over style of type, quality of paper, set 
up of title page, and other critical parts, reading and correcting 
of proof, rubrication, italicizing, capitalizing, and other like 
problems. The standard of typography was the Prayer Book, 
except at places where the occasion demanded special treat- 
ment, as, for instance in the case of the passages for medita- 
tion, where the type is English black letter (known by printers 
today as Tudor) and very like to that of the first Prayer Book 
of Edward VI, a. d. 1549. Not a few parts of the service were 
reset several times before the desired result was secured, and 
many parts were entirely recast in phraseology after the service 
was in proof, and some very important additions were made. 
The proof was read, collated, and returned to the printer in all 
about twelve times. The first proof was as fine a piece of 
work as is ordinarily required, but perfection of form, accuracy 
of detail, fidelity to standard, and new ideas as to contents 
and substance, required many changes and many re-readings. 
For instance, in the versicles at the laying of the stone Sion 
was spelt Zion in all proof up to the last, as in the Old Testa- 
ment, though with S in the Processional and in the third Re- 
cessional, as in the New Testament, Prayer Book and Hymnal. 
And the Ascension and Trinity collects were happy suggestions 
from a layman and added after the page proof was held to 
be complete. 

An advance edition for the use of the Bishop, the master 



Clje Ceremonial preparation 23 

of ceremonies, and others, engaged in rendering the service, 
was published the eleventh of September ; the complete edition 
(1,000 copies with extra fine paper and cover, and engravings 
of the west front and interior of the Cathedral, and 3,000 
copies of less expensive character) was not finished until a 
few days before the 29th. 

Meantime 7,000 copies of the Peoples' Open-Air Evensong 
were struck off from the stereotype plates, with a special page 
naming the hymns, scripture passages, prayers, and other selec- 
tions for the Brotherhood service, and a special form was com- 
posed and printed for the dedication of the Canterbury Ambon. 

Cfte Ceremonial preparation 

For the rendering of the services the Master of Ceremonies, 
Canon Harding, early began his preparations. In June he 
and Mr. Edgar Priest, selected as music master for the great 
Cathedral day, planned out the general lines of the music, and 
as the Te Deum was then already determined upon as an 
integral and necessary part of the service, they selected for it 
an anthem setting effective and pleasing, but not too difficult, 
viz., that of Edward R. Barrett, in E flat. 

For the orchestral part, the Marine Band, who since the 
Peace Cross service had again and again glorified our great 
services with its splendid music, and whose members have con- 
stantly taken deep interest in our Cathedral worship, often 
bringing their wives and children to the open-air services, 
at which in summer a section of the band always accompanies 
the singers — the Marine Band was chosen as a matter of course 
to render the instrumental music at the two services on the 
29th of September. A section of 16 pieces was engaged for 
the laying of the foundation stone, and no more, on account of 
the limited space on the platform. For the same reason only 
four vested male choirs, about 150 voices, were invited to sing 
at this service. These were St. John's Georgetown Parish, 
St. John's Lafayette Square, St. Paul's, and St. Mark's. For 



24 Cj)e ptepatation 

the Brotherhood service the whole Marine Band, it was agreed, 
should be engaged, and all the vested male choristers in the 
city were invited to sing. Arrangements were early made, with 
the kind permission of the leader, Mr. Wm. H. Santelmann, 
by the accomplished and obliging assistant leader of the band, 
Mr. Walter Smith, and by Mr. Priest, for the orchestration, 
and the choirs invited, and notified of the Te Deum setting 
selected. 

In the early Autumn Canon Harding, after conferring 
with the Bishop and his helpers, and with the Grand Mar- 
shal, Major Sylvester, soon blocked out the whole service, 
assigned the various duties to individuals and subcommittees, 
put the whole plan into print (a copy is printed in this volume) 
and held a general conference with all subcommittees, includ- 
ing the ushers and marshals, on September 24th on the Cathe- 
dral Close. Meantime early and full notice had been sent the 
Marine Band, and all the choirs concerned, as to the selections 
of hymns and music, and all were in regular rehearsal. On 
the night of September 24th the four choirs selected to render 
the music at the foundation stone service held a united re- 
hearsal, accompanied by the section of the Marine Band, and 
under the direction of Mr. Priest. This was in the music 
room of the Lane-Johnston Choir School, which thus was used 
for its proper purpose for the first time. 

Here it seems fitting to note that a few have thought 
it strange that great and expensive school buildings for boys 
and girls have preceded the building of the Cathedral itself. 
The answer is that the money was given unsolicited and the 
cause was good. But in addition it may be said that for the 
foundation stone service and other great occasions they offered 
headquarters and shelter and protection which have gone 
far, nay, which were indispensable to the beauty, order and 
dignity of the Cathedral services, and the hospitality which 
accompanied them. And thus they have demonstrated that for 
the Cathedral worship they are valuable helps, as well as 
schools for the Christian nurture of God's children. 




THE CHOIR SCHOOL 

VIEW OF NORTH FRONT 




NATIONAL CATHEDRAL SCHOOL FOR GIRLS 

VIEW OF SOUTH FRONT 



Cfte (Stand ^arsljarg moth 25 

One final word on the Qeremonial preparation. The best proof 
of effectiveness and thoroughness in this connection is in the 
order, devotion, and promptness of the services planned for; 
and when we come to describe them we shall find that they 
were attended by a noteworthy quietness, punctuality, and 
smoothness. A large contribution to this result was the work 
of the Grand Marshal, Major Sylvester, as we shall now see. 

Cije (SranD ^msW$ Wotk 

The Cathedral had the benefit of General Wilson's trained 
skill as grand marshal at the Pan-American Missionary ser- 
vice and on the occasion of the Archbishop of Canterbury's 
visit, and was no less fortunate in obtaining for the great ser- 
vices of Michaelmas, a. d. 1907, the help of that loyal church- 
man, Major Sylvester, who as Washington's chief of police 
has had unrivaled experience in the management of great pub- 
lic functions and large crowds. After carefully examining the 
grounds and their arrangement with Canon Bratenahl, and 
discussing the ceremonies thoroughly with Canon Harding, 
Major Sylvester laid his plans and gave full directions to his 
chief helpers in the police, and to the large bodies of marshals 
and ushers chosen from the laymen of the Diocese. His ar- 
rangements and dispositions covered the following points : 

Routes of approach to the Cathedral Close. 

Entrances and exits for carriages, automobiles, people on 
foot, distinguished guests, the President, and others. 

Routes and thoroughfares on the Close. 

The parking for conveyances. 

The arrival, placing, and departure of conveyances. 

The line of march, its course, its marking, and its being 
kept clear. 

The duties of marshals at every point on the grounds and 
platforms. 

The instruction of the ushers. 

The safety, convenience, and comfort of clergy and people. 

The safeguarding of the President. 



26 Cije Ptepatatiott 

The policing of the buildings, the grounds, the platforms, 
their approaches and exits. 

The order and good behavior of the crowds. 

The securing from the American Ice Company of coolers, 
ice and water, placed all over the Close for the use of the 
people. 

The drawing up and printing, in collaboration with Canon 
Harding, full directions for all participants in the services.* 

Major Sylvester came to the Close many times in the last 
days before the 29th of September, and took an active personal 
charge over every detail. On the day of the feast he was on 
the ground all day. To him the Chapter and Diocese are 
under lasting obligations for the perfect order and quietness, 
and the entire protection from all hurt and harm, of the great 
throngs. The foresight and oversight of the Major, and his 
generous care for every need, together with the obliging kind- 
ness, the unfailing readiness and courtesy, and entire com- 
petency of his men, proved, in the event, potent factors in the 
success of a great day in the history of the City and the 
Diocese. 

Clje ^O0pitalitp arrangements; 

The Diocese and Cathedral of Washington have always en- 
deavored to obey in full measure the apostolic injunction of 
hospitality, and the obeying the behest has always proved a 
privilege and a joy. But for the laying of the foundation 
stone of the Cathedral preparations were made and carried into 
effect that far surpassed anything hitherto undertaken. 

Toward the end of August, at the instance of the Bishop and 
on behalf of the hospitality committee of the Cathedral Coun- 
cil, Rev. Geo. F. Dudley and Mr. Charles T. Warner, the Bish- 
op's secretary, took up the invitations to the bishops and in- 
vited every bishop (and if married, his wife also) in the United 
States and Canada, to participate in the services of our great 
feast, and, during the Brotherhood convention and our Cathe- 



♦A copy is printed elsewhere in this volume. 



Cfte ^O0pitalitp 3ttangement0 27 

dral Day, to accept the hospitality of the National Cathedral 
School for Girls, generously tendered by its principal, Mrs. 
Barbour Walker. Sixty-two bishops came, and their names 
and sees are given a place of their own in this volume. 

This is the largest number of bishops ever assembled for 
such an occasion in the history of the American Church, and 
has only been equalled or surpassed at meetings of the General 
Convention or House of Bishops, and at the Pan-American 
Conference of bishops at Washington in a. d. 1903. Never 
before, then, was an American diocese at a diocesan event so 
honored with such a numerous and representative assemblage 
of bishops. And what a contrast with 100 years ago, when 
the General Convention could only muster three bishops at its 
session, and the House of Bishops met in a small upstairs hall 
room in St. Paul's Rectory, Baltimore, a. d. 1808! 

Of the sixty-two bishops attending, thirty-two, and the wives 
of ten, accepted the Cathedral's hospitality. The Bishop of 
London stayed at the White House one night and day, and 
three at the residence of the Bishop and Mrs. Satterlee, who 
also entertained the Archbishop of the West Indies, the Bishops 
of St. Alban's, of Virginia, and of the Philippines, Bishop 
Montgomery and his daughter, and Rev. E, P. Anderson and 
Mr. Stanley Christopherson, the Bishop of London's travelling 
companions. The Canons of the Cathedral, Archdeacon Wil- 
liams, others of the clergy, and members of the Chapter and 
other laymen, also entertained bishops and presbyters. 

To participate in the services not only were bishops invited 
but also every clerical and lay deputy to the General Conven- 
tion, of whom 103 clergymen and 59 laymen accepted. 

To welcome the coming guests the Cathedral and Brother- 
hood Hospitality committees arranged for men and boys to 
meet every train and escort our visitors to their places of abode 
in Washington. For the bishops, conveyance in carriages or 
cars v;as also provided. 

The Bishop of London was met at the old Pennsylvania 
station, now abandoned — its last distinguished public arrival — 



28 Cl)e Ptepatatfon 

by the Bishop of Washington, accompanied by the Archbishop 
of the West Indies, by Bishop Montgomery, by one of his chap- 
lains and his secretary, and by Mr. James L. Houghteling, 
representing the Brotherhood of St. Andrew. 

But to return : Rev. E. S. Dunlap took in hand the difficult 
problem of invitations to the platform, and to the Brotherhood 
service at the meeting of September 14th, and pushed it 
through with tact, courtesy and speed. It is impossible to 
enumerate all asked, but the following list includes the general 
groups of those invited. 

The President of the United States and his family. 

The Vice-President and Mrs. Fairbanks. 

The members of the Cabinet and their families. 

The members of the Supreme Court. 

Prominent officers of the Army and Navy. 

The Secretary to the President and Mrs. Loeb. 

The Commissioners of the District of Columbia. 

The Presidents of local and neighboring educational 

institutions. 
The Faculty of the Virginia Theological Seminary. 
The Bishops of the Church and their families. 
Lay and clerical deputies to the General Convention. 
Leading members of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew. 
Officers of the Grand Lodge of the Masons in the Dis- 
trict of Columbia. 
Representatives of Potomac Lodge, F. A. A. M. 
Officers of the Washington Y. M. C. A. 
General officers of the Christian Endeavor Society in 

Washington. 
Founders and benefactors of the Cathedral, or their rep- 
resentatives. 
Prominent public men, lawyers, physicians, judges, ar- 
chitects, and other leading citizens of Washington. 
The clergy of the Diocese of Washington, and their 

families. 
Several representative laymen from each congregation 
in the Diocese. 



€:bt ©o$pitalitp atcangements 29 

With each invitation to the foundation stone service went a 
card stating how many seats were allotted to each person, and 
asking each to answer stating how many were wished, for which 
purpose a reply card was inclosed. To those responding sou- 
venir cards admitting to the platform were sent. The invita- 
tions were handsomely engraved and issued in the name of the 
Bishop, Chapter and Council of Washington Cathedral. 

When our guests came to town entertaining was taken up 
in every direction, but notably and chiefly at the Bishop's House 
and the Cathedral Close. At the former Mrs. Satterlee, with 
her wonted and bountiful hospitality, received guests daily 
at every meal, breakfast, luncheon, tea, and dinner, and on 
Saturday night a reception was tendered the Bishop of 
London, to which were bidden the Bishops, Chapter, Coun- 
cil , city clergy, leaders in the Brotherhood, a number of 
foremost government officials, and the ladies of the families 
of the men invited, and a few others. At the Cathedral School 
for Girls and on the Close, Mrs. Barbour Walker, assisted 
by teachers and alumnae, and by the chaplain in attendance at 
the school. Rev. F. B. Howden, and Canon and Mrs. Braten- 
ahl, did the honors. Before they left the bishops held a meet- 
ing and passed very complimentary resolutions to Mrs. Walker. 

The great problem of hospitality was the luncheons between 
the two services, but this in the end was happily solved. 

At the National Cathedral School for Girls the principal 
entertained the Bishops, the Chapter, the Council, the ladies 
of their families, the alumnae of the school, and a very few 
specially invited guests. At the Lane- Johnston Choir School 
the Bishop and Chapter undertook to entertain the diocesan 
and visiting clergy, the lay deputies to the General Convention, 
the leaders of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew, the choir men 
and boys, and the marshals and ushers. The great mass of the 
people brought their own luncheons and partook of them on the 
grounds or procured refreshment at the booths across the road 
from caterers provided by Mr. Corcoran Thom, who also 



30 Cbe Preparation 

made all the necessary arrangements for the luncheons at the 
Choir School, and managed it all with great care and complete 
success. This abundant provision was made so that the great 
multitude should not find Mount Saint Alban a desert 
place, but well furnished with refection for bodies as well as 
souls. 

The care displayed to welcome the arriving guest was also 
given the parting guest. The Bishop and Archdeacon Wil- 
liams arranged with the Washington Southern Railroad for a 
special train to Richmond for the General Convention, leaving 
Tuesday at lo a. m., and notice of this was given to all of 
our guests, and other arrangements carried out by Rev. George 
F. Dudley. The railroad, not to be outdone, put up a splendid 
vestibuled train of parlor cars, which, in great comfort, under 
the personal oversight of Mr. W. P. Taylor, General Traffic 
Manager of the road, took to Richmond upwards of three hun- 
dred persons, bishops, lay and clerical deputies, and members 
of the Woman's Auxiliary, including our distinguished guests 
from abroad, the Presiding Bishop, our own Bishop, and 
Canon McKim, President of the House of Deputies, and the 
ladies of their families. 

Thus from their arrival within our borders until they passed 
on to the gracious and unwearying hospitality of the Bishops 
and Church of Virginia, every effort was made to insure the 
comfort and entertainment of our guests. 

Cfte Cljoice of open to ^itiimt 

Among the last preparations, but for convenience recorded 
here, was the choosing of those who should officiate. 

With a great company of God's ministers promising to at- 
tend, the selection was difficult, but after careful deliberation, 
and due consideration of the representative character of the 
occasion, the Bishop of Washington invited the following to 
conduct the services: 



Cljooismg ttt open to ^itxisttt 31 

At thit 3avmh&tian Starts ^rniire 

Canon McKim, to represent the Chapter and Council, the 
Diocese, and the national Church, in his capacity as president 
of the Standing Committee, and of the House of Deputies of 
the General Convention. 

Rev. Dr. Wm. R. Huntington, Rector of Grace Church, 
New York City, member of the Cathedral Chapter of New 
York, "Father of the House of Deputies," and its unquestioned 
leader, promoter of the Cathedral system, and many other good 
things in the American Church, and a warm friend from the 
beginning of the Diocese and Cathedral of Washington. 

The Most Reverend Enos Nuttall, d.d.. Archbishop of the 
West Indies, as head of one of the great colonial Churches of 
the English communion, in rank the foremost bishop present, 
after our own Presiding Bishop, a good friend of the Diocese 
and Cathedral, and himself a Christian hero and leader. 

The Bishop of Cape Palmas, Liberia, Rt. Rev. Samuel D. 
Ferguson, d.d., as representative of our foreign mission work 
and of the negro race, and in his person a manifestation of the 
catholic character of our Church. 

The Bishop of Albany, Rt. Rev. Wm. C. Doane, d.d., the 
greatest living Cathedral founder in the United States, who 
in A. D. 1898 preached the first Cathedral sermon on Mount 
Saint Alban (at the Peace Cross service) and then and often 
since has favored us with his advice, experience, friendship 
and presence. 

Of course as speakers at an occasion of a national and inter- 
national character. President Roosevelt and the Bishop of Lon- 
don, the Rt. Honorable and Rt. Rev Arthur Foley Winning- 
ton-Ingram, were choices that require no explanation. 

The Bishop of Virginia, Rt. Rev. Robert A. Gibson, d.d., 
was invited as Bishop of the Old Dominion in which were made 
the first beginnings of Church and State in America, and as 
head of the diocese which was to be host of us all during the 
General Convention. 

The Bishop of Maryland, Rt. Rev. Wm. Paret, d.d., came 



32 Clje Preparation 

as head of the great diocese out of which Washington was 
formed, and as the first beginner of the Cathedral foundation 
in Washington. 

The Presiding Bishop, Rt. Rev. Daniel S. Tuttle, d.d.. 
Bishop of Missouri, on every ground, official and personal, was 
the only one who could fitly crown the service, morning and 
afternoon, with the benediction. 

The Bishop of Washington as a matter of course at the 
laying of the first stone of his own Cathedral took the service 
at the actual laying of the stone. 

The Rt. Rev. H. H. Montgomery, d.d., represented, as its 
general secretary, the venerable Society for the Propagation of 
the Gospel, to whose nursing care the infant American Church 
owed so much, and also the Church at the antipodes, as, until 
lately, he was Bishop of Tasmania. 

The Rt. Rev. Frederick R. Graves, d.d.. Bishop of Shang- 
hai, China, brought the great continent of Asia into the ser- 
vice, so that all parts of the world had place among those 
officiating at Washington Cathedral on its great day, except 
South America, from which continent, however, the Bishop of 
Southern Brazil, Rt. Rev. Lucien L. Kinsolving, d.d., was 
among the bishops present. 

The Rt. Rev. Edgar Jacob, d.d., Bishop of St. Albans, to- 
gether with the Bishop of London and Bishop Montgomery, 
represented the Mother Church of England, and himself, by 
his title, bishopric, and residence, linked our Mount Saint Alban 
with the site of the martyrdom of the English protomartyr, 
and the great Cathedral which marks the spot. 

The Bishop of Massachusetts, Rt. Rev. Wm. Lawrence, 
D.D., was chosen as chairman of the House of Bishops, and 
as head of the Church in the great commonwealth which shares 
with Virginia the privilege of laying the foundations of our 
American liberties, and civil and religious rights, and also, per- 
sonally, as a very good friend of our Diocese and Cathedral. 



Ct)e Jfinal Ptepatation0 33 

The Bishop of Quebec, Rt. Rev. A, Hunter Dunn, d.d., 
represented our sister Church in Canada. 

The speakers in the afternoon were chosen by the Brother- 
hood of St. Andrew, the Bishop of London, and Father P. N. 
Waggett, S.S.J. E.^ because their Hfe work had fitted them to 
speak with light and power on the appointed topic, and Justice 
Brewer because of his known vital interest in human problems, 
his representative position in the nation's Capital and Supreme 
Court, and his profound and instructive habits of thought 
and speech. 

Cije jFinal Ptepatation0 

Again we must return to an earlier stage in the preparations, 
this time to carry them on to completion. The Bishop of 
Washington returned to his see city on September loth, and 
took up in person the direction of the manifold preparations 
in progress for our great Cathedral day. Advance copies of 
the toiTn of service for laying the stone were in hand the nth, 
and conferences with helpers, workmen, members of Chapter 
and Council became the order of the day. 

On Saturday the 14th the city clergy met at the Bishop's 
House at ten in the morning, pledged their co-operation, agreed 
to change their morning services from eleven to half past nine, 
to attend the foundation stone service, and to invite their con- 
gregations, but urging a large and general attendance of the 
public only at the great Brotherhood service, on account of 
lack of room and the devotional rather than popular character 
of the former service. At eleven o'clock the committee of 
arrangements met, the Bishop presiding, reports were made of 
all achieved during the summer, and plans made for every 
least detail and contingency. This meeting did not rise until 
after a session of three hours — which shows the large amount 
of work to be transacted. And there was no loitering. Arch- 
deacon Williams, Canons Harding, De Vries and Bratenahl, 
Rev. George F. Dudley, and Rev. E. S. Dunlap were the 
clergy participating. 



34 Cfte preparation 

In the matter of the press and publicity it proved that a 
great change had come since the Archbishop's visit in a. d. 
1904. At that time under the direction of the Bishop author- 
itative articles were prepared and given to the local papers in 
order to arouse interest and secure attendance. But this time 
the papers themselves at a very early date procured admirable 
articles on the Bishop of London and the other chief visitors. 
When the time came Rev. Geo. F. Dudley, in charge of this 
part of the work, found no such articles needed, and that the 
only thing to be provided were authoritative "stories" given 
the reporters of the daily happenings, and authoritative an- 
nouncements of the plans and programs for the services. 

The Cathedral Council met on September 20th, and the next 
dav the Chapter. The Bishop, Canon Harding and Canon 
Bratenahl, made full reports of the preparations made by the 
various committees, and the Chapter and Council gave their 
cordial approval. It was at the meeting of the Chapter on 
September 21, that the Bishop suggested and the Chapter 
agreed that the presbyters of the Chapter should now be given 
their proper title of Canon. The ground for this is that the 
presbyters are doing the work of canons, as members of the 
corporation and executive board of the Cathedral, work at 
this formative stage of more value to the life of the foundation 
than any that will fall to the privilege of those who succeed 
to the position and title of canon in the days when the majestic 
Cathedral crowns Alban's Mount and pursues the even tenor 
of its worship and work. 

Among the works planned at this time and executed on the 
last days before the Feast, was the decoration of the platform, 
which was entrusted to that experienced florist and decorator, 
Mr. Z. D. Blackistone, a young churchman ever ready to con- 
tribute his taste and services to church causes in the Diocese 
of Washington. A moderate use of the national flag, a galaxy 
of bannerets of white bearing blue crosses, great laurel wreaths 
encircling red maltese crosses, noble palms, magnificent ferns 
and flowering plants, were used to perfect a scheme of decora- 



p. 

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Clje jFinal pteparation$ 35 

tion which, when the day came, produced an effect at once bril- 
liant and dignified, and extremely pleasing and suitable. 

But now the last days arrive and on September 25th the 
Brotherhood of St. Andrew assembles its great host of lay- 
men and clergymen at its second international convention, 
1,803 "^^" registering and the estimated attendance reaching a 
total of 2,200. 

The management of the work attendant on the convention, 
and en the meetings and conferences, and the duties of hos- 
pitality, much increase the labors of the Bishop and his help- 
ers. In spite of all this the preparations for the Cathedral day 
at Mount Saint Alban go steadily forward and all is in readi- 
ness when the time approaches. 

The one requisite is fair weather; with foul the foundation 
stone can be laid ; there is a roof over the platform, and all plans 
are worked out for such a contingency ; and Convention Hall is 
engaged for the Brotherhood service; but the beauty and dig- 
nity of the service would be marred and spoilt, and the arduous 
preparations of a whole summer count for little. 

Saturday breaks dark and threatening. Soon after the close 
of the great corporate communion of the Brotherhood at the 
Church of the Epiphany, the downfall begins, and the weather 
reports are ominous. At eleven, according to promise, the 
weather bureau calls up the Bishop's House by telephone, and 
announces "Rain Saturday and Sunday." So it seems to man; 
but God may arrange otherwise. 

All day long the rain falls, and continues until all retire for 
the right. Such is the outlook when Saturday ends. 



®Ij0 Clr^at lag of % J^ast 



Ci)e Having o( tbe jFounDation ^tone 

The great day of the Feast of St. Michael and All Angels 
in the memorable year of our Lord, 1907, broke in the midst 
of torrential rains which had prevailed all night. Bishops, 
priests and people betook themselves to the early celebration of 
the Koly Communion in gloom and wet. 

At the Cathedral altar, in the Little Sanctuary the celebrant 
was very fitly the Presiding Bishop of the Church in the 
United States, the Rt. Rev. Dr. Tuttle, assisted by the Bishops 
of Minnesota and Chicago, the Rev. Jas. B. Craighill, minor 
canon of Washington Cathedral, and the Rev. L. R. Schuyler, 
serving as chaplains. The Chapel was filled with bishops. 

At the Bishop of Washington's Chapel the celebrant was 
the Rt. Rev. Dr. H. H. Montgomery, secretary of the venerable 
Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, who thus specially 
and appropriately kept the feast of the Order of St. Michael 
and St. George, of which he is prelate, and whose commemora- 
tive collect he offered at this service, as bidden to do on this 
day by the regulations of the Order. The Archbishop of the 
West Indies, the Bishops of Washington, London, and St. 
Alban's, the Bishop's household and guests, received the Sacra- 
ment at this service. 

The service at St. Alban's was taken by the Bishop of Los 
Angeles assisted by Canon Bratenahl. Here there was a great 
company from the girls' school and from the neighborhood, as 
well as from among the Bishops, the ladies of their families, 
and other guests on the Cathedral Close. 

In the parish churches all over the city in like manner the 
Holy Communion began the day, as is meet and right, and the 
attendances were good. 



40 Cije (3tmt Dap of tJje jFeagt 

When we came out of the churches the clouds had broken, 
there was a great patch of clear blue sky overhead, and the 
wind was from the northwest. There was every prospect and 
hope of a fair day. Out of darkness God had brought light 
and gladness. God's people in this Diocese rejoiced and took 
heart. And by the hour agreed on for morning prayer in the 
city churches on this day, half past nine, the sun was shining 
brilliantly, and so it continued until midday, except that great 
black clouds ever and anon would come up out of the west 
and fly chasing across the heavens, to the alarm of the timid 
and the faithless. 

The Archbishop of the West Indies delivered the annual 
charge to the Brotherhood of St. Andrew at the Church 
of the Epiphany, which was filled with men, at 9.30 
a. m., and in nearly all the city churches there was ser- 
vice at this hour, with a sermon by a visiting bishop or 
presbyter, and good congregations. All of these services were 
over by a quarter before eleven, all eleven o'clock services were 
omitted, and then the people began to go up to our holy hill, 
even the people of the Lord, to testify unto Israel, to give 
thanks unto the Name of the Lord, and to lay the first stone 
of His house of prayer for all people. 

Early in the morning indeed the ascent to Mount Saint 
Alban had begun, and as midday approached the number in- 
creased along every avenue of access. They came in all sorts 
and conditions of vehicles, from great touring motor cars and 
elegant private turnouts to huge merchandise wagons, seated 
and pressed into service for men, women and children. Hun- 
dreds of automobiles made the trip, and the private carriages 
stretched a half a mile along the road. The bishops' carriages, 
coming after the 9.30 a. m. sei-vices, obtained ready and rapid 
access by the use of purple ribbons on the whips, the agreed 
upon signal to the police. Of the people many walked, as 
must needs be, for though the number of the electric cars was 
increased to the utmost limits of the power of the dynamos, yet 
they were wholly inadequate to handle the great hosts. By 



Lading ttt jFounDation ^tone 41 

midday throngs had assembled, how many it is hard to say; 
the estimates vary. But as the platform held nearly 3,000, the 
space between, which was crowded, about 4,000 standing, and 
the space to the west of the platform held at least as many 
more, and was full, 10,000 would seem like a modest estimate. 
All the arrangements were carried out according to the pre- 
determined programme, printed in this volume, punctually and 
thoroughly. President Roosevelt arrived just in advance of 
the hour, with his wife and two of his children, driving in one 
of the White House carriages, which took him direct to the 
platform, where he was met by General Wilson, representing 
the Chapter, and escorted to his place at the center of the front, 
Mrs. Roosevelt and the children sitting in the section reserved 
for the ladies of the families of the Chapter. 

Exactly at twelve the Master of Ceremonies, Canon Hard- 
ing, gave the signal, a fanfare of trumpets announced the ser- 
vice in the beautiful motif from Mendelssohn's Hymn of 
Praise, which always begins the Cathedral services, and of 
which the words are, "All men, all things, all that hath life 
and breath, sing to the Lord. Hallelujah." The choir prayer 
was offered, the band and choristers took up the strains of the 
Mora Novissima, and the great procession began, with its 
long lines of singers, musicians, layreaders, presbyters, Cathe- 
dral Council and Chapter, and bishops. Very beautiful was 
the effect as the various component parts, each headed by a 
glittering brass cross, in vestments of snowy white linen and 
embroidered silken stoles, and wearing many colored hoods, to- 
gether with the rich purple and glossy black of the episcopal 
robes, gathered from their various robing rooms, and forming 
one mighty stream, wound their way in a long sinuous line 
through the majestic grove that crowns St. Alban's hill. It 
was indeed a great and glorious regiment of Christian soldiers. 
There were men full of the vigor and fire of a splendid and 
imsullied and consecrated youth. There were men whose faces 
and bearing showed the marks of matured strength of body, 
mind, will, spirit, men with the great gifts of scholarship, and 



42 C6e i^teat Dap of tfte jFeast 

leadership, men apt to preach and to teach, to guide and to gov- 
ern, full of the spirit of wisdom and understanding, of counsel 
and might, of knowledge and the fear of the Lord. And there 
were men of venerable mien, their figures bent with labors and 
burden-bearing, their faces lined and seamed with the cares of 
long lives spent in the service of the Master, feeding and tending 
His sheep. This noble army of Grod-serving men, led by the 
fresh-voiced children and the full-voiced men of the choir, with 
every division marked by crucifer and cross, marched onward 
through the green aisles of Alban's Mount until they came 
to the place where in God's own time the western portals of 
the Cathedral will welcome the worshippers. Here entering 
the sacred precincts, marked out with purple cords, the great 
procession advanced up what will be the center aisle, to the 
site of the altar in the sanctuary. The band and choirs passed 
around the altar site, where the foundation stone was to be 
laid, and ascended to their tiers of seats at the rear of the 
center of the platform. But the clergy parted and allowed the 
Bishops, in the order of their rank (the Presiding Bishop and 
the Archbishop of the West Indies walking together and 
leading, and the Bishops of Washington and London imme- 
diately following, then the visiting Bishops, and after them 
the American Bishops in the order of their consecration), and 
the Cathedral Chapter and Council, to pass first to their places 
in the forefront of the center of the platform. After them 
followed upwards of 75 or 80 of the diocesan clergy, and sat 
between the Council and the choir. The visiting clergy, some 
two hundred in number, including many of the best known 
presbyters of the American Church, and a few from Canada 
and over sea, sat just west of the altar site, in what will be 
the east end of the choir. 

It was a magnificent sight in that quadrangle, the platform 
inclosing three sides of the Cathedral choir, along the lines 
of the north, east and south walls of the Cathedral, and open 
only to the west, and there indeed inclosed by great throngs 
of people in the nave below, as it were, and the branching 



taping tfie jFounDation ^tone 43 

oaks filling in the places of columns, pillars, arches, and vaults 
above, in a rich, lustrous, leafy green. Beautiful it was 
whether one looked down and out from the platform towards 
the nave, or up and in from the throngs in the nave, towards 
the platform, gay and bright with its feathery ferns, noble 
palms, festooning laurel wreaths, and fluttering banners, its 
center brilliant with the glistering white linen and glossy satin 
and many colored academic hoods of bishops and clergy, and 
set off by great masses of gaily dressed women, and the darker 
tones of the throngs of men, to the right and left. 

It is impossible to name all of the laymen present, but among 
them were many prominent in Church and State. The President 
of the United States was at the center, on the right hand of the 
Bishop of Washington. The other laymen included the 
Cathedral Chapter and their families ; the Chief Justice of the 
United States; several of the Cabinet; the Commissioners of 
the District of Columbia; representatives of the diplomatic 
corps, of the Senate, the House, the Judiciary, the Army, the 
Navy; the Presidents of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew in 
the United States and in Canada, Mr. James L. Houghteling, 
its founder, and great throngs of Brotherhood men from the 
United States, Canada, and other parts of the world, and 
59 lay deputies to the General Convention. 

It was this representative assemblage which made the occa- 
sion truly national, and indeed catholic and ecumenical, and in 
its foundation makes Washington Cathedral a truly national 
Church, and a fane for the benefit and uplifting of the whole 
world. 

The weather was fair and fine when the great procession 
began, but the sky became overcast toward its end, and as 
the service progressed a great storm cloud formed to the 
northeast of Mount Saint Alban, and threatened a deluge. 
There was abundant cause for anxiety and suspense. It came 
nearer and nearer. Drops began to fall. A few out in the 
open put up umbrellas. Then suddenly it dissipated; as the 
Bishop finished laying the stone there was a great burst of 



44 Cfte (S^reat Dap of tt)e jFeagt 

sunshine, and by the end of the service the sky was clear and 
brilliant, and continued so all day. The air was fresh and 
rainwashed. Never was there a more glorious afternoon or 
a more distinct and thrilling view of the great city below, of 
the blue hills beyond, and of the winding river on the southern 
horizon, than on this great day of the Feast of St. Michael 
and All Angels, on beautiful Mount Saint Alban in the year 
of grace 1907. One of poetic feeling and simple faith ob- 
served that one could almost see the Archangel and his hosts 
holding back the clouds in answer to the prayers of God's 
people. And so He who in the midst of the cold raw autumn 
air of that last Sunday in October, a. d. 1903, gave us a 
warm afternoon for the great Pan-American Missionary Ser- 
vice, and on the last Sunday in September, a. d. 1904, held 
back the rain in a clouded sky for the visit of the Archbishop 
of Canterbury and the Christian Unity Service, and had given 
a fair day for the Peace Cross Service on a memorable Sun- 
day in October, a. d. 1898, and on other notable occasions, 
again favored our open air Cathedral, and crowned our en- 
deavors and prayers with a great and glorious day. 

But we must return from this digression, interposed by rac- 
ing storm clouds, to take up the story of the service. 

Canon McKim, standing in the pulpit at the south end of 
the platform, began with the appointed versicles, and continued 
through the exhortation, after which Rev. Dr. Wm. R. Hunt- 
ington took the prayers and the following versicles, and then 
choir, clergy and people sang "All Hail the Power of Jesus's 
Name," in one grand acclaim of praise and devotion that 
thrilled us ever more and more, and gave the service at its 
very outset a strong note of enthusiasm and of moving and 
uplifting power. 

The Lesson was taken by the Archbishop of the West Indies, 
who read those solemn words, from the first chapter of St. 
John's Gospel, being the Gospel for Christmas Day, and em- 
bodying the most sacred and fundamental truths of our most 
holy religion, with very evident feeling and incisive emphasis. 



Laping the jfounDation ^tone 45 

It was at this point that drops of rain beg-an to fall, and 
storm threatened; and just afterwards a rising wind brought 
down from the roof upon the unprotected President, and sev- 
eral of the bishops, trickling streams of water that had been 
dammed up by leaves during the heavy rainfall of the early 
morning. But the downfall soon ended, and after adding a 
touch of interest and excitement, gav,e way to serenity and calm. 

The Te Dciim, following the Lesson, was sung with great 
effect, and so put to rout the fears of the timid, who felt that 
the Te Dcum should surely be a part of this service, but 
musically, to an anthem setting, was in danger of proving an 
anticlimax in the open air. But the careful rehearsing of the 
choirs, singly and together, the splendid support of the section 
of the Marine Band, and the fine leadership of the choir- 
master, Mr. Edgar Priest, unexpectedly aided by the admirable 
acoustic effect of the roof of the platform, produced a result 
at once perfect and inspiring. 

Thrilling with this inspiration and following the lead of the 
Bishop of Cape Palmas, the great congregation thundered 
forth the Nicene Creed, and then hearkened reverently and 
fervently affirmed with loud Amens as the Bishop of Albany 
in full resonant voice offered the supplications. Then began 
the actual laying of the stone. The Bishop of Washington 
led in the recitation of the prefatory versicles, and after that the 
choir and people devoutly sang "O little town of Bethlehem." 
While this was in singing the stone was slowly lowered in the 
sight of all, and the little procession left the platform. This 
procession was led by a crucifer, and consisted of the Bishop, 
the Canons of the Cathedral, the architect, Mr. Henry Vaughan, 
robed in Master's gown and hood, and bearing the Cathedral 
trowel, and of Lemuel Towers, Jr., Esq., Worshipful Master, 
and Brothers W. S. Waddey. J. H. Yarnall, and David Ritten- 
house, of Potomac Lodge, F. A. A. M., bearing the mallet 
which President George Washington used at the laying of the 
cornerstone of the Capitol of the United States, September 
18, A. D. 1793, ^"*^J afterwards presented to Potomac Lodge, 



46 Clje ^reat Dap of tfte jFeast 

who kindly loaned it for this office. Reaching the level and 
proceeding to the site of the altar the Bishop and his com- 
panions passed down into the great pit into which the foun- 
dation stone was descending. Before the stone reached the 
bottom its descent was arrested, the Bishop laid the mortar, 
and made in it at center and four comers the sign of the cross, 
with the point of the trowel.* Then the stone was set in place, 
the Bishop struck, and so proved it, three times with the Wash- 
ington mallet and in the Name of the ever blessed Trinity. 
Then, just as the sun burst from the clouds gloriously, he 
ascended to the level, made the declaration of dedication, and 
bringing up the rear of the little procession as before, returned 
to his place at the center of the platform, with President Roose- 
velt on his right, and the Presiding Bishop on his left. Mean- 
while the congregation had preserved the solemn silence 
enjoined in the service book, and read the appointed passages 
from Holy Writ reciting the Virgin birth of Christ. The 
silence was indeed very solemn, and, concluding with the 
Bishop's strong voice in the declaration, and the people's great 
outburst of thanksgiving in the Gloria in excelsis, it formed a 
most impressive element at a stage in the service where usually 
there is a tedious wait accompanied by the creaking of straining 
ropes, turning windlass, and running block and pulley. 

After the Gloria in excelsis, the Bishop of Washington pre- 
sented the President of the United States, whose name was 
not in the service book, nor his coming announced in advance. 
It was only a day or two before that Mr. Roosevelt found him- 
self able so to arrange his appointments as to attend ; though 
the invitation had gone to him months in advance, the dedica- 
tion of the memorial to President McKinley at Canton, Ohio, 
on September 30th, had created complications. Mr. Roose- 
velt's address was delivered with his usual force and delibera- 
tion, and was listened to with close interest. Together with 



*It is noteworthy and remarkable that on a national occasion like this 
a great American eagle hovered high in the sky directly above the Founda- 
tion Stone as it was being laid. 



anterluDe 47 

the other addresses of this day it is printed elsewhere in this 
volume. 

The Bishop of London followed with his appointed saluta- 
tion. In print it gives little idea of its point and power. It 
was the man's personality behind the words which gave them 
their effect. For he won and held his audience as few can, 
by his evident vital human interest and sympathy, his trans- 
parent manliness and goodness, his direct, frank speech, his 
apt illustrations from life and personal experience, and his 
masterly use of his voice, and of effective emphasis on the 
words he wishes to tell, and to drive home his points. 

When he had done, the Bishop of Virginia read the offertory 
sentences, and the two appointed hymns were sung with spirit 
by the whole assemblage, while the offerings were collected. 
The Bishop of Virginia presented them while the long meter 
doxology to ever popular "Old Hundredth" swelled forth with 
powerful effect as from one mighty throat. The Bishop of 
Maryland offered the final collects, and the Presiding Bishop 
of the Church in the United States crowned the great service 
with the benediction. 

Immediately the band played the Dresden Amen, the reces- 
sional began, the great procession moving slowly, and the 
grove was again adorned and made melodious by the march- 
ing throng in white and color singing the songs of Sion. 

After the last hymn the choir prayer was said and Stain- 
er's Sevenfold Amen was played by the band. 

Then the various sections marched in order to their robing 
rooms, and the great service of the laying of the foundation 
stone of Washington Cathedral was ended. 

SntetluDe 

Then began the ministrations of hospitality. The invited 
guests betook themselves to the two great school buildings 
for luncheon, and the great multitudes distributed themselves 
about the Close and partook of the refection brought with 



48 Cl)e (Dteat Dap of tbt jFea$t 

them, or bought the luncheons arranged for by the Chapter 
at booths across the road. 

Meanwhile the accomplished carilloneur of the Metropolitan 
Methodist Church, Mr. R. H. Johnston, who had discoursed 
sweet melody from the memorial chimes in the bell tower of 
the Little Sanctuary all through the morning until the service 
began, again made the air tuneful with sacred themes, to the 
great delight of the people resting and refreshing themselves 
in the Cathedral Close and awaiting the Brotherhood service. 

€:bt IBtotbttboot} ^eruice 

The hour appointed for the great Brotherhood service was 
three, the hour of the evening sacrifice in the Jewish Temple, 
but the midday office, on account of the unexpected addition 
of the President's address, and the service taking rather more 
time than had been estimated, had not ended until about 1.40 
p. m., instead of at 1.15 p. m., as hoped for. So, as none had 
finished luncheon, the Bishop of Washington at 2.45 p. m. gave 
the word to postpone the afternoon office for fifteen minutes 
and it seemed unlikely that all could be ready even then. How- 
ever punctually at a quarter past three the procession began. 
The order was very much as in the morning, and the partici- 
pants, except that several of the older bishops, by reason of 
physical strain felt obliged to drop out, and the officers of the 
Brotherhood of St. Andrew at home and abroad, including 
our own local assembly, were given place in the procession and 
on the platform. And a most beautiful and impressive feature 
of the afternoon procession was the grouping of the officiating 
bishops in their gorgeous robes — for, as in the morning, the 
Bishop of London and Bishop Montgomery and the Bishop 
of Quebec wore their superb convocation robes, and so added 
a magnificent touch of brilliant scarlet to the already lustrous 
scene — the grouping of the officiating bishops, I say, upon 
the Calvary about the Peace Cross, their pectoral crosses and 
signet rings glittering in the glorious sunshine, while the 



Cfte 'Brot!)er|)ooD ^ettiice 49 

Bishop of Washington said the opening, and afterwards the 
closing, vestry prayer, and reviewed, as it were, the great 
procession of men and boys and presbyters passing with eager 
upturned faces. Furthermore, the Marine Band was now 
increased to its full strength of sixty pieces, and the choirs 
from four, of about 150 voices, as in the morning, to all the 
men and boys of our Church choirs in the District of Colum- 
bia — perhaps 500 in all. 

The procession moved down the hill into the great natural 
amphitheater, which was filled to its brim and over with a 
throng which surpassed all precedents. What a sight it was 
as one looked up to the west from the platform and saw the 
whole hillside, in its great fanlike shape, simply covered with 
people until the heads of the uppermost were outlined against 
the blue canopy of the sunlit sky above ! 

The attendance has been variously estimated. Some went 
as high as 40,000. The police say 20,000. But when the 
Archbishop of Canterbury was on the grounds in a. d. 1904 the 
police and transportation companies fixed the total at 35,000. 
And many present then and now, and observing closely are 
confident there were more present this time than ever before. 
When we had 17,000 at the Pan-American Missionary Ser- 
vice in A. D. 1903 it was possible to count fairly accurately at 
the gates. Taking that and other comparisons and data 
available it Avould seem safe to say that the number present in 
A. D. 1904 was 25,000 or 26,000 rather than 35,000, and in 
A. D. 1907. 30,000. 

The bishops, clergy, choirs, band, and Brotherhood repre- 
sentatives, reaching their assigned places, after singing in pro- 
cession with spirit and fine effect the appointed hymns, Bishop 
Montgomery, the prelate's great cross of the order of St. 
Michael and St. George sparkling on his breast, began the ser- 
vice, the Bishop of Shanghai led in the responsive reading of 
the Psalm, and the Bishop of St. Alban's read the Lesson, 
St. John i. 35 to 51, whose message was joyously taken up by 
the great host in the following hymn. "J^sus calls us o'er the 



50 Cije areat Dap of tbt iFeast 

tumult," the Brotherhood's chosen hymn, which was sung with 
an effect rarely if ever equalled even in the greatest meetings 
of that great society. With equal power the full throated 
host thundered forth the Apostles' Creed, the Bishop of Massa- 
chusetts leading in this and in the versicles following. 

Then the Bishop of Quebec said the appointed collects and 
prayers, and again the torrent of song went up as the smoke of 
sacrifice to Heaven, in the popular hymn, **In the Cross of 
Christ I glory." After this the Bishop of Washington intro- 
duced the Bishop of London, who, he said, would not only 
speak to the theme of the service, "Man's Responsibility for 
Man," but also by commission from his grace, the Archbishop 
of Canterbury, present and dedicate the ambon or pulpit, made 
of stones from Canterbury Cathedral. The Bishop of London 
with his pointed and pictured address held the close attention 
of the great hosts, and proved himself indeed a very great 
open air speaker. 

Bishops, presbyters, and people hung on every word that 
came from his lips, and it was noted that the men of the band, 
who were in fine position to see and hear him, sat as if trans- 
fixed by the power of his preaching. It was the same with 
Father Waggett when he came to speak. And it was the 
power of the spoken word that thus gave the distinctive and 
characteristic note to the Brotherhood service, as was intended, 
while worship and devotion were the features, as was also 
intended, of the foundation stone service. At the one we re- 
ceived and at the other we offered. 

At the conclusion of his address Bishop Ingram presented 
and dedicated the ambon, following the form appointed, and 
printed elsewhere in this volume. Then we all sang with one 
voice and accord that bond of union 'twixt Great Britain and 
America, "Our fathers' God, to thee. Author of liberty," 
American in words, but the tune English and there the national 
air as well as here. This was followed by Justice Brewer's 
strong and thoughtful address, and then, as the shadows began 
to lengthen and evening perceptibly to fall. Father Waggett, in 



after mat!) 51 

his usual garb as a Cowley father, and without cotta or stole, 
rose up and gave his powerful address, displaying strong in- 
tellectual gifts and attainments, a warm and deep human feel- 
ing and sympathy, an apt ability to win and move great crowds, 
and a rare effectiveness and dramatic power in delivery. 
Speedily after this the Presiding Bishop brought the service to 
a close with the benediction, and as the sun sank in the west 
and we climbed up the steeps of light singing "Onward Chris- 
tian Soldiers," "Sun of my soul, thou Saviour dear," and 
"For all the saints who from their labors rest," we realized 
that on this great feast day a vision of heaven had been vouch- 
safed us. The Church in her panoply of grace and beauty 
and effective power for men's salvation, was no longer a dream 
but a reality, and as the golden evening brightened in the west, 
we beheld a yet more glorious day, when the great army of 
the saints pass in bright array to their true native land and 
the heavenly Jerusalem. "Never again, never again, until in 
God's mercy I join the army of the redeemed, shall I see such 
a sight as this. But meanwhile with sure faith, and unfailing 
hope, and love never cold, can I, heartened by this vision 
today, struggle and fight and labor and pray, throughout 
my earthly course, for the hallowing of God's Name, the com- 
ing of His Kingdom, and the doing of His will, as in heaven, 
so also on earth." This is the thought, the hope, the reso- 
lution, that sprang into the hearts and minds of many as they 
climbed St. Alban's holy mount, and brought to a close the 
great Cathedral services on the great day of the Feast of St. 
Michael and All Angels, in the historic year of our Lord, 
1907. 

aftermatf) 

For many there were yet other works this crowded day. 
The Bishop of London preached a wonderfully helpful ser- 
mon on suffering at the opening service of the convention of 
the Guild of St. Barnabas for nurses, at the Church of the 
Epiphany at 8 p. m. Many bishops and presbyters gave ser- 



52 Cf)e areat Dap of tbt jFeast 

mons or addresses at parish services all over the city, and some 
were among the speakers at the final meetings of the Brother- 
hood International Convention at Continental Hall, among 
them the Bishop of St. Albans. The choirs hurried home 
to be ready for the festival services in their own churches, 
and by every mode of conveyance and on foot the great 
throngs descended from the heights of vision to the plains of 
duty and labor. As he drove away from Mount Saint Alban 
the Bishop of London turned to the Bishop of Washington 
and said very seriously and deliberately, "My dear Bishop, I 
wish to thank you for the great privilege you have given me 
today. We feel, my Chaplain and I, that this is the greatest 
service in which we have ever participated." This was cor- 
roborative, to a strange degree, of the like remark of Arch- 
bishop Davidson three years before, after the Christian Unity 
Service at Washington Cathedral Close. He, too, in the car- 
riage, testified: "This service is at once the most beautiful, 
the most complicated, and the best managed in which I ever 
took part." 

The cheerful and ready help of many men during many 
weeks, and especially on the day itself, wrought this splendid 
result. Moreover, to the laurels of the Master of Ceremonies, 
of the Chief Marshal, of the police, and the transportation 
companies on these occasions, and to the credit of the citizens 
of Washington of all sorts and kinds, is to be added this, that 
no accident, crime, or disorder marked or marred either event. 

And so the prayers and endeavors and labors of many heads 
and hands during many months, by the favor of God and the 
co-operation of many workmen, were brought to a happy and 
prosperous issue, and the first stone laid of the great Cathe- 
dral which we scarce may hope, and yet devoutly and believ- 
ingly pray, will be builded in our day to adorn the Nation's 
Capital, to glorify the King of kings, and rejoice the hearts of 
God's people. 



®l|^ Ifforma Apjjnmt^ li for % 



WASHINGTON CATHEDRAL 




THE OFFICE FOR THE 



LAYING OF THE 
FOUNDATION STONE 



Feast of St. Michael and All Angels 
A. D. 1907. 



ail men, all tbings, all tbat batb lite an& breatb, sing to tbc Xor&. 

Kallclu jab ! 



THE OFFICE FOR THE 

LAYING OF 

THE FOUNDATION STONE 

OF 
WASHINGTON CATHEDRAL 



Copyright, 1907, by Henry Y. Satterlee 
Bishop of Washington 



Press of Byron S. Adams 
Washington, D. C. 




VIEW OF WEST FACADE OF WASHINGTON CATHEDRAL 

[prom the Architect's rtrawingj 



SET FORTH BY 



ORDER 




AUTHORITY 



THE PROCESSIONAL 



PART I. 

npHE world is very evil; 
-'- The times are waxing late; 
Be sober and keep vigil, 

The Judge is at the gate; 
The Judge who comes in mercy, 

The Judge who comes with might, 
To terminate the evil, 

To diadem the right. 

2 Arise, arise, good Christian, 

Let right to wrong succeed ; 
Let penitential sorrow 

To heavenly gladness lead : 
To the home of fadeless splendour, 

Of flowers that bear no thorn. 
Where they shall dwell as children 

Who here as exiles mourn ; 



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'Mid power that knows no limit, 

And wisdom free from bound, 
Where rests a peace untroubled, 

Peace holy and profound. 
O happy, holy portion, 

Refection for the blest, 
True vision of true beauty. 

Sweet cure for all distrest! 

Thou hast no shore, fair ocean ! 

Thou hast no time, bright day ! 
Dear fountain of refreshment 

To pilgrims far away ! 
Strive, man, to win that glory ; 

Toil, man, to gain that light ; 
Send hope before to grasp it. 

Till hope be lost in sight. 

PART II. 

BRIEF life is here our portion, 
Brief sorrow, short-lived care ; 
The life that knows no ending, 

The tearless life is there ! 
O happy retribution! 

Short toil, eternal rest, 
For mortals and for sinners, 
A mansion with the blest ! 

There grief is turned to pleasure; 

Such pleasure as below 
No human voice can utter, 

No human heart can know ; 
And after fleshly weakness. 

And after this world's night, 
And after storm and whirlwind, 

Are calm, and joy. and light. 



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3 And now we fight the battle, 

But then shall wear the crown 
Of full and everlasting 

And passionless renown; 
And he whom now we trust in, 

Shall then be seen and known, 
And they that know and see him, 

Shall have him for their own. 

4 And now we watch and struggle, 

And now we live in hope, 
And Sion in her anguish. 

With Babylon must cope; 
But there is David's fountain, 

And life in fullest glow; 
And there the light is golden. 

And milk and honey flow. 

5 The morning shall awaken. 

The shadows flee away, 
And each true-hearted servant 

Shall shine as doth the day; 
For God our King and Portion, 

In fulness of his grace, 
We then shall see forever. 

And worship face to face. 



PART III. 

T70R thee, O dear, dear country, 
■'- Mine eyes their vigils keep; 
For very love beholding 

Thy holy name, they weep. 
The mention of thy glory 

Is unction to the breast. 
And medicine in sickness. 

And love, and life, and rest. 



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one, O only mansion! 
O Paradise of joy! 

Where tears are ever banished 
And smiles have no alloy; 

Thy loveliness oppresses 

All human thought and heart, 

And none, O Peace, O Sion, 
Can sing thee as thou art. 

With jaspers glow thy bulwarks, 

Thy streets with emeralds blaze ; 
The sardius and the topaz 

Unite in thee their rays ; 
Thine ageless walls are bonded 

With amethyst unpriced ; 
The saints build up thy fabric, 

And the corner stone is Christ. 

The cross is all thy splendour, 

The Crucified thy praise ; 
His laud and benediction 

Thy ransomed people raise: 
Upon the Rock of Ages 

They build thy holy tower; 
Thine is the victor's laurel. 

And thine the golden dower. 

PART IV. 

JERUSALEM, the golden! 
With milk and honey blest ; 
Beneath thy contemplation 
Sink heart and voice opprest. 

1 know not, oh, I know not. 
What joys await us there! 

What radiancy of glory! 
What bliss beyond compare ! 



^3 

2 They stand, those halls of Sion, 

All jubilant with song, 
And bright with many an angel, 

And all the martyr throng. 
The Prince is ever in them. 

The daylight is serene; 
The pastures of the blessed 

Are decked in glorious sheen. 

3 There is the throne of David; 

And there, from care released. 
The shout of them that triumph, 

The song of them that feast. 
And they, who with their Leader, 

Have conquered in the fight, 
Forever and forever 

Are clad in robes of white. 

4 O sweet and blessed country, 

The home of God's elect! 
O sweet and blessed country. 

That eager hearts expect ! 
Jesus, in mercy bring us 

To that dear land of rest! 
Who art with God the Father, 

And Spirit, ever blest. 



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^The Clergy and People being assembled at the place appointed, and all 
standing, the Bishop, or one chosen by him, shall begin the service, 
saying. 



o 



iUR help is in the Name of the Lord ; 
Answer. Who hath made heaven and earth. 
Minister. Blessed be the Name of the Lord ; 
Answer. Henceforth, world without end. 
Minister. Except the Lord build the house ; 
Answer. Their labour is but lost that build it. 
Minister. Except the Lord keep the city ; 
Answer. The watchman waketh but in vain. 
Minister. O God, make speed to save us. 
Answer. O Lord, make haste to help us. 
Minister. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and 

to the Holy Ghost ; 
Answer. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever 

shall be, world without end. Amen. 

^Then shall the Minister turn to the people and say, 

A^OOD People, we are gathered together in the Name and 
^^ Presence of Almighty God, to begin a new sowing for 
the Master and for man. We have come here to lay the 
foundation stone of Washington Cathedral. Wherefore I be- 
seech you to call upon God our Father, through our Lord Jesus 
Christ, that he would grant that this sacred enterprise may 
prove a distinct and positive gain to citizenship, to country and 
to civilization; and that he would bestow upon it, of his gra- 
cious mercy, the highest influence and the widest usefulness, 
both in the immediate present and in all the years to come. 



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^Then, all standing, the Minister and the People shall say the Lord's 
Prayer, the Minister first pronouncing, 

Let us pray. 
Lord, have mercy upon us. 
Christ, have mercy upon us. 
Lord, have mercy upon us. 

/^UR Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. 
^^ Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth. As it 
is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive 
us our trespasses, As we forgive those who trespass against us. 
And lead us not into temptation ; But deliver us from evil : For 
thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever 
and ever. Amen. 

^Then shall the Minister add this Collect, 

/^ LORD, without whom our labour is but lost, and with 
^^ whom thy little ones go forth as the mighty ; be present 
to bless all works in thy Church which are undertaken accord- 
ing to thy will, and especially that to which we set our hands 
this day, granting to us, thy labourers, a pure intention, patient 
faith, sufficient success upon earth, and the bliss of serving thee 
in heaven ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

^Then likewise he shall say, 

Lift up your hearts. 
Answer. We lift them up unto the Lord. 
Minister. O sing praises, sing praises unto our God. 
Answer. O sing praises, sing praises unto our King. 
Minister. Hosanna to the Son of David. 
Answer. Hosanna in the highest. 



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%Then shall be sung this Hymn, 

ALL hail the power of Jesus' Name! 
■^ ^ Let angels prostrate fall ; 
Bring forth the royal diadem, 

And crown him Lord of all ! 

2 Crown him, ye martyrs of our God, 

Who from his altar call : 
Extol the Stem of Jesse's rod, 
And crown him Lord of all! 

3 Hail him, the Heir of David's line, 

Whom David, Lord did call; 
The God incarnate ! Man divine ! 
And crown him Lord of all I 

4 Ye seed of Israel's chosen race. 

Ye ransomed of the fall. 
Hail him who saves you by his grace. 
And crown him Lord of all I 

5 Sinners, whose love can ne'er forget 

The wormwood and the gall, 
Go, spread your trophies at his feet. 
And crown him Lord of all ! 

6 Let every kindred, every tribe. 

Before him prostrate fall! 
To him all majesty ascribe. 
And crown him Lord of all ! 



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\Then shall the one appointed read the Lesson, 5"^ John i. i to 15, saying, 

Hear what the Apostle Saint John saith. 

TN the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with 
God, and the Word was God. The same was in the be- 
ginning with God. All things were made by him; and with- 
out him was not any thing made that was made. In him was 
life ; and the life was the light of men. And the light shineth 
in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. There 
was a man sent from God, whose name was John. The same 
came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men 
through him might believe. He was not that Light, but was 
sent to bear witness of that Light. That was the true Light, 
which lighteth every man that cometh into the world. He was 
in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world 
knew him not. He came unto his own, and his own received 
him not. But as many as received him, to them gave he power 
to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his 
name: which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the 
flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. And the Word was 
made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the 
glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and 
truth. 

^Then shall the Minister say. 

Here endeth the Lesson. 



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^After the Lesson shall be sung the following Hymn, all standing. 
Te Deum laudamus. 

WE praise thee, O GckI : we acknowledge thee to be the 
Lord. 

All the earth doth worship thee : the Father everlasting. 

To thee all Angels cry aloud: the Heavens, and all the 
Powers therein; 

To thee Cherubim and Seraphim : continually do cry. 

Holy, Holy, Holy: Lord God of Sabaoth ; 

Heaven and earth are full of the Majesty : of thy glory. 

The glorious company of the Apostles : praise thee. 

The goodly fellowship of the Prophets : praise thee. 

The noble army of Martyrs : praise thee. 

The holy Church throughout all the world : doth acknowl- 
edge thee; 

The Father: of an infinite Majesty; 

Thine adorable, true: and only Son; 

Also the Holy Ghost : the Comforter, 

Thou art the King of Glory : O Christ. 

Thou art the everlasting Son : of the Father. 

When thou tookest upon thee to deliver man: thou didst 
humble thyself to be born of a Virgin. 

When thou hadst overcome the sharpness of death: thou 
didst open the Kingdom of Heaven to all believers. 

Thou sittest at the right hand of God : in the glory of the 
Father. 

We believe that thou shalt come : to be our Judge. 

We therefore pray thee, help thy servants : whom thou hast 
redeemed with thy precious blood. 

Make them to be numbered with thy Saints : in glory ever- 
lasting. 

O Lord, save thy people : and bless thine heritage. 

Govern them : and lift them up for ever. 



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Day by day: we magnify thee; 

And we worship thy Name : ever, world without end. 

Vouchsafe, O Lord : to keep us this day without sin. 

O Lord, have mercy upon us : have mercy upon us. 

O Lord, let thy mercy be upon us : as our trust is in thee. 

O Lord, in thee have I trusted : let me never be confounded. 

'^Then shall be said the Nicene Creed. 

T BELIEVE in one God the Father Almighty, Maker of 
heaven and earth, And of all things visible and invisible : 

And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God ; 
Begotten of his Father before all worlds, God of God, Light of 
Light, Very God of very God; Begotten, not made; Being of 
one substance with the Father ; By whom all things were made : 
Who for us men and for our salvation came down from heaven, 
And was incarnate by the Holy Ghost of the Virgin Mary, 
And was made man : And was crucified also for us under Pon- 
tius Pilate ; He suffered and was buried : And the third day 
he rose again according to the Scriptures : And ascended into 
heaven, And sitteth on the right hand of the Father: And he 
shall come again, with glory, to judge both the quick and the 
dead; Whose kingdom shall have no end. 

And I believe in the Holy Ghost, The Lord, and Giver of 
Life, Who proceedeth from the Father and the Son ; Who with 
the Father and the Son together is worshipped and glorified; 
Who spake by the Prophets: And I believe one Catholic and 
Apostolic Church: I acknowledge one Baptism for the remis- 
sion of sins : And I look for the Resurrection of the dead : And 
the Life of the world to come. Amen. 



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^And after that, all still standing, the Bishop or one chosen by him, shall 
offer these Supplications, first pronouncing. 

The Lord be with you. 
Answer. And with thy spirit. 
Let us pray. 

REGARD, we beseech thee, O Lord, the suppHcations of thy 
servants, and be pleased to accept and bless this stone, 
which we set here for a foundation, in the name and strength 
of him who is the tried and precious Stone, our Lord Jesus 
Christ. Amen. 

Grant, O Lord, that the founders, benefactors and all those 
who, to the furtherance of the work of this Cathedral, faith- 
fully offer to thee of their prayers, their labours and their sub- 
stance, may come, together with all thy saints, to those un- 
speakable joys which thou hast prepared for those who un- 
feignedly love thee. Amen. 

Grant, O Lord, thy protection to all who labour in the build- 
ing of this house of God; keep them from hurt and harm; 
guard their lips, set a watch over their thoughts and deeds, and 
bring them to dwell in thy temple forever. Amen. 

Grant, O Lord, that all who come hither to worship thee on 
this holy hill, may hear and receive thy holy Word with meek 
heart and due reverence, and, by the inspiration of thy Holy 
Spirit, may perfectly love thee, and worthily magnify thy holy 
Name, in this world even unto the end of the days, and in the 
world to come throughout the ages everlasting. Amen. 

Grant, O Lord, a speedy fulfilment of our prayers and en- 
deavours, and in our time build this Cathedral, and frame it to- 
gether, fit and meet for thy worship, for the perfecting of the 
saints, for the work of the ministry, and for the edifying of 
the body of Christ, till we all come in the unity of the faith, 
and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, 
unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ. 
Amen. 

Grant, O Lord, the full measure of thy blessing to the 
Bishop, Clergy and People of this diocese, and give them grace 
to continue stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, 
and in the breaking of bread and in prayers, and to labour faith- 
fully for the coming of thy kingdom, for the hallowing of thy 
Name, and for the good estate of thy Church and of all man- 
kind, both now and always. Amen. 



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Grant, O Lord, that all who serve thee in any office or minis- 
tration, here or elsewhere, may walk worthy of the vocation 
wherewith they are called, with all lowliness and meekness, 
with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love, endeavour- 
ing to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. Vouch- 
safe to bless and prosper the Church and Commonwealth of this 
land, and replenish with thy grace the President of the United 
States, and all in civil authority in this and in other countries. 
And, we beseech thee, guard and protect all those that labour 
for the spread of thy kingdom whether at home or abroad ; be- 
stow upon them the sevenfold gifts of thy Holy Spirit; bring 
the heathen into thy fold ; add the nations to thine inheritance ; 
stir up the wills of all who dwell in Christian lands, and inspire 
all men everywhere to own and serve Jesus Christ as their 
sole Lord and Saviour, and to show forth their faith in him 
both with their lips and their lives. Amen. 

Grant, we beseech thee, blessed Lord, that thy holy Catholic 
Church may be filled with the spirit of truth, unity and con- 
cord, and may seek diligently to minister, to all sorts and con- 
ditions of men, thy precious gifts of Holy Scripture and Apos- 
tolic Creed, Holy Sacrament and Apostolic Order. May thy 
Church, together with the states and nations of all the world, 
devoutly be given to all good works, for thy greater glory and 
the good of mankind, that the comfortable Gospel of Christ 
may be truly preached, truly received, and truly followed, in 
all places, to the breaking down the kingdom of sin, Satan, and 
death, and the hastening thy kingdom of righteousness, and 
peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. And we pray thee to in- 
form, and teach, and guide with thine Eye, all who profess and 
call themselves Christians, that they may learn and confess, for 
the health of their souls and bodies, that Jesus Christ is very 
God of very God, and very man of very man, and came down 
from heaven, and was incarnate by the operation of the Holy 
Ghost, of the substance of the Virgin Mary his mother, and 
that without spot of sin, to make us clean from all sin. All 
which we beg for the same, thy Son, Jesus Christ's sake, our 
most blessed Lord and Saviour. Amen. 



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^Thcu the Bishop shall say, 

BEHOLD I lay in Sion a chief cornerstone, elect, 
precious. 

Answer. And he that believeth in him shall not be con- 
founded. 

Bishop. The Stone which the builders refused. 

Answer. Is become the head of the corner. 

Bishop. This is none other but the house of God ; 

Answer. And this is the gate of heaven. 

Bishop. My house shall be called a house of prayer for 
all people; 

Answer. From the rising of the sun even unto the going 
down of the same. 

Bishop. Glory be to God on high ; 

Answer. And on earth peace, good will towards men. 

^Here, while the architect and ivorknien are making ready, this Hymn shall 

be sung, 

LITTLE town of Bethlehem ! 
How still we see thee lie; 
Above thy deep and dreamless sleep 

The silent stars go by ; 
Yet in thy dark streets shineth 

The everlasting Light ; 
The hopes and fears of all the years 
Are met in thee to-night. 

For Christ is bom of Mary, 

And gathered all above, 
While mortals sleep, the angels keep 

Their watch of wondering love. 
O morning stars, together 

Proclaim the holy birth ! 
And praises sing to God the King 

And peace to men on earth. 

How silently, how silently, 

The wondrous gift is given ! 
So God imparts to human hearts 

The blessings of his heaven. 
No ear may hear his coming. 

But in this world of sin. 
Where meek souls will receive him still, 

The dear Christ enters in. 



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^Then the Bishop, with the accustomed ceremonies, shall lay and prove 

THE FOUNDATION STONE 

^While the Bishop is laying the stone all the people shall keep 

SILENCE 

remembering that ivhen the Temple of Solomon was in building neither 
hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron was heard in the house, and prayer- 
fully meditating upon the holy words follotving, reminding them that as 
the birth of Christ was the beginning_ of the kingdom of God on earth, so 
this foundation stone is the beginning of Washington Cathedral, to be 
builded here as a zvitnrss to the Incarnation and Birth of Jesus Christ of 
the substance of a pure Virgin. 

The Gospel according to St. Matthew. Ch. i. 18 to 25. 

,mm'bc btrtb ot Jesus Cbrist was on tbts wise : "Mbcn 
l\ as bts motber ^ac^ was espouse© to Josepb, 
^■^ before tbeg came togetber, sbe was founD witb 
cbflJ) of tbc Hols (Sbost. XLben Josepb, ber bus* 
band, being a just man, and not willing to maftc ber a 
publicft example, was min&eD to put ber awag privily. 
3But wbile be tbougbt on tbese tbings, bebolD, tbc angel 
of tbe ILorO appeared unto bim in a Dream, saving, 
5osepb, tbou son of DaviD, fear not to tafte unto tbec 
/Rarg tbg wife: for tbat wbicb is conceioeD in ber is of 
tbe MolB (Sbost. Hn& sbe sball bring fortb a son, anO tbou 
sbalt call bis name JESIIIS: for be sball save bis people 
from tbeir sins. IRow all tbis was Done, tbat it migbt 
be fulfilled wbicb was spoften of tbe XorD bg tbe propbet, 
saving, JSebolD, a virgin sball be witb cbilO, anD sball 
bring fortb a son, anO tbeig sball call bis name Bmmanuel* 
wbicb being interpreted is, (5oJ) witb us. tlben 5osepb 
being raised from sleep diO as tbe angel of tbe %ott) bad 
biODen bim, and took unto bim bis wife : and knew ber not 
till sbe bad brougbt fortb ber firstborn son : and be called 
bis name JJESXas. 

The Gospel according to St. Luke. Ch. ii. 1 to 22. 

Hnd it came to pass in tbose da^s, tbat tbere went 
out a decree from Caesar 2lugustus, tbat all tbe 
' world sbould be tajed. (Snd tbis faying was first 
made wben Cgrenius was governor of S^ria.) and 
all went to be fayed, ever^ one into bis own citg. 
Bnd Josepb also went up from (5alilee, out of tbe cite of 
Hasaretb, into 5ud^a, unto tbe cits of David, wbicb is 
called :Betblebem; (because be was of tbe bouse and 
lineage of David:) to be fayed witb /Bbars bis espoused 
wife, being great witb cbild. and so it was, tbat, wblle 
tbes were tbere, tbe dass were accomplisbed tbat sbe 
sbould be delivered, and sbe brougbt fortb ber firstborn 



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»on, an5 wrapped bim fn swaDMing clotbcs, an& lafO bint 
in a manger: because tbece was no room for tbem in tbc 
inn. BnJ) tbere were in tbe same country sbepberDs 
abiDing in tbe fielO, fteeping watcb over tbeir tlocft bg 
nigbt. BnD, lo, tbe angel of tbe XorD came upon tbem, 
anJ) tbe glorg of tbe XorD sbone rounD about tbem : an& 
tbeg were sore afraiD. BnD tbe angel said unto tbem, 
#ear not : for, bebolD, "ff bring ^ou good tidings of great 
jog, wbicb sball be to all people, ffor unto sou is born 
tbis Das in tbe citi3 of DaviO a Saviour, wbicb is Cbrist 
tbe XorD. UnD tbis sball be a sign unto bou: ^c sball 
finD tbe babe wrapped in swaODling clotbes, l^ing in a 
manger. 2lnJ) suDOenl^^tbere was witb tbe angel a mul* 
tituDe of tbe beavenli^ bost praising ©oD, anD saving, 
(5lori2 to (5o& in tbe bigbest, anD on eartb peace, gooO will 
towarD men. BnD it came to pass, as tbe angels were 
gone awai2 from tbem into beaven, tbe sbepberOs saiJ) 
one to anotber, Xct us now go even unto asetblebem, an& 
see tbis tbing wbicb is come to pass, wbicb tbe %oxi> 
batb maDe ftnown unto us. BnD tbeg came witb baste, 
anJ) founJ) ^arg, anO ^osepb, anD tbe babe Iging in a 
manger, ano wben tbeig ba£> seen it, tbeg maDe ftnown 
abroad tbe saving wbicb was tolD tbem concerning tbis 
cbilD. BnD all tbeg tbat bearO it wonDereD at tbose 
tbings wbicb were tolD tbem bg tbe sbepbcrDs. 3But 
ISsnx^ ftept all tbese tbings, anJ) ponDereO tbem in ber 
beart. SnD tbe sbepberDs returneD, glorifying anD prais* 
ing (5o2) for all tbe tbings tbat tbeg baO bearD anJ) seen, 
as it was tolD unto tbem. BnD wben eigbt Da^s were 
accomplisbeJ) for tbe circumcising of tbe cbilD, bis name 
was called JJESTHS, wbicb was so named of tbe angel 
before be was conceived in tbe womb. 

The Epistle of St. Paul to the Philippians. Ch. ii. 5 to 12. 

C^ct tbis mind be in gou, wbicb was also in Cbrist 
II 3esu8:wbo, being in tbe form of (5od, tbougbt 
/^•■^ it not robbers to be equal witb 6od: but made 
blmself of no reputation, and took upon bim tbe 
form of a servant, and was made in tbe lifieness of men: 
and being found in fasbion as a man, be bumbled bimself , 
and became obedient unto death, even tbe dcatb of tbe 
cross. "CClberefore ©od also batb big bis eyalted bim, and 
given bim a name wbicb is above evers name: tbat at tbe 
name of SJESTDIS evers fence sbould bow, of tbings in 
beaven, and tbings in eartb, and tbings under tbe eartb; 
and tbat evers tongue sbould confess tbat ^esus Christ is 
Xord, to tbe glorg of (3od tbe father. 



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The Epistle of St. Ignatius of Antioch to the Ephesians. 
Ch. xviii. 2, xix. 1. (a.d. no.) 

j^or our (3o&, Jesue tbc Cbrfst, was conceiv»c5 fn tbe 
II womb of ^ars according to a Dispensation, of tbe 
\|l seeD of DaviO but also of tbe Kolig ©bost; and be 
was born anD was baptf3eD tbat bg bfs passion be 
migbt cleanse water. 2ln& biDDen from tbc prince of tbis 
worlD were tbe virginity? of /fiiars an& ber cbil&-bearlng 
ano Uftewise also tbe Oeatb of tbe XorO, tbree masteries 
to be proclaimed alouO wbicb were wrougbt in tbc silence 
of (BoO. 

^When the Bishop has laid and proved the stone, he shall face the 

People and say, 

TN the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the 
-■- Holy Ghost. Amen. 

I do pronounce and declare duly and truly laid this Founda- 
tion Stone of Washington Cathedral, to be builded here to 
the glory of the ever blessed Trinity, and in honour of Christ 
our Lord, the Incarnate Son of God, and to be dedicated under 
the name and title of his blessed Apostles and Martyrs, Saint 
Peter and Saint Paul, as a House of Prayer for all people, and 
for the ministration of God's holy Word and Sacraments, 
according to the use of the branch of the holy Catholic Church 
known as the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States 
of America. 

And I do furthermore declare and proclaim that the Bishop, 
Chapter, and Diocese of Washington, do hold and administer 
this Cathedral Church as a trust, for the benefit and use not 
only of the people of this Diocese and City, but also of the 
whole American Church, whose every baptized member shall 
have part and ownership in this House of God. 

Other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, even 
Jesus Christ, who is God over all, blessed for evermore. 
Amen. 



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^Here shall be sung the Gloria in excelsis. 

/'^LORY be to God on high, and on earth peace, good will 
^^ towards men. We praise thee, we bless thee, we worship 
thee, we glorify thee, we give thanks to thee for thy great 
glory, O Lord God, heavenly King, God the Father Almighty. 

O Lord, the only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ; O Lord God, 
Lamb of God, Son of the Father, that takest away the sins of 
the world, have mercy upon us. Thou that takest away the sins 
of the world, have mercy upon us. Thou that takest away the 
sins of the world, receive our prayer. Thou that sittest at the 
right hand of God the Father, have mercy upon us. 

For thou only art holy ; thou only art the Lord : thou only, 
O Christ, with the Holy Ghost, art most high in the glory of 
God the Father. Amen. 

SALUTATION 
The Bishop of London 

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%Thett ihe Bishop of the Diocese, or one appointed by him, shall begin the 
Offertory, saying, 

"pEMEMBER the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said. It 
■^^ is more blessed to give than to receive. Acts xx. 35. 

Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring me an 
offering; of every man that giveth it willingly with his heart 
ye shall take my offering. Exod. xxv. 2. 

Ye shall not appear before the Lord empty ; every man shall 
give as he is able, according to the blessing of the Lord thy 
God which he hath given thee. Dent. xvi. 16, 17. 

Thine, O Lord^ is the greatness, and the power, and the 
glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the 
heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O 
LoRD^ and thou art exalted as head above all. i Chron. 
xxix. II. 



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\After the Sentences, while those appointed take up the offerings, these 
Hymns shall be sung. 

pRAISE to the Holiest in the height 
-■' And in the depth be praise ; 
In all his words most wonderful, 
Most sure in all his ways. 

2 O loving wisdom of our God ! 

When all was sin and shame, 
A second Adam to the fight 
And to the rescue came. 

3 O wisest love ! that flesh and blood, 

Which did in Adam fail, 
Should strive afresh against their foe, 
Should strive and should prevail : 

4 And that a higher gift than grace 

Should flesh and blood refine; 
God's presence and his very Self, 
And essence all-divine. 



5 O generous love ! that he, who smote 

In Man for man the foe ; 
The double agony in Man 
For man should undergo; 

6 And in the garden secretly. 

And on the cross on high. 
Should teach his brethren, and inspire 
To suffer and to die. 

7 Praise to the Holiest in the height. 

And in the depth be praise ; 
In all his words most wonderful. 
Most sure in all his ways. 



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'npHE Church's one foundation 
-'■ Is Jesus Christ her Lord; 
She is his new creation 

By water and the word : 
From heaven he came and sought her 

To be his holy Bride; 
With his own Blood he bought her, 

And for her life he died. 

Elect from every nation, 

Yet one o'er all the earth, 
Her charter of salvation, 

One Lord, one Faith, one Birth; 
One holy Name she blesses, 

Partakes one holy food. 
And to one hope she presses. 

With every grace endued. 

'Mid toil and tribulation, 

And tumult of her war 
She waits the consummation 

Of peace for evermore; 
Till with the vision glorious 

Her longing eyes are blest. 
And the great Church victorious 

Shall be the Church at rest. 

Yet she on earth hath union 

With God the Three in One, 
And mystic sweet communion 

With those whose rest is won : 
O happy ones and holy! 

Lord, give us grace that we 
Like them, the meek and lowly, 

On high may dwell with thee. 



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When the Devotions of the People are presented this Doxology shall 

be sung, 

TJRAISE God, from whom all blessings flow ! 
-*■ Praise him, all creatures here below ! 
Praise him above, ye heavenly host ! 
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost ! Amen. 

^Then the Bishop, or one appointed by him, shall say. 

The Lord be with you. 
Answer. And with thy spirit. 
Minister. Let us pray. 

O EVERLASTING God, who hast ordained and consti- 
tuted the services of Angels and men in a wonderful 
order; Mercifully grant that, as thy holy Angels always do 
thee service in heaven, so, by thy appointment, they may suc- 
cour and defend us on earth; through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 

r^ ALMIGHTY God, who by thy Son Jesus Christ didst 
^-^ give to thy Apostle Saint Peter many excellent gifts, 
and didst command him earnestly to feed thy flock, and madest 
thy Apostle Saint Paul a choice vessel to bear thy Name 
before the Gentiles; Make we beseech thee all Bishops and 
Pastors diligently to preach thy holy Word and the People 
obediently to follow the same, that they may receive the crown 
of everlasting glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

T X rE beseech thee, O Lord, pour thy grace into our hearts-, 
^ ^ that, as we have known the incarnation of thy Son 
Jesus Christ by the message of an Angel, so by his cross and 
passion we may be brought unto the glory of his resurrection ; 
through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

/^^ RANT, we beseech thee, Almighty God, that like as we do 
^^ believe thy only-begotten Son our Lord Jesus Christ to 
have ascended into the heavens; so we may also in heart and 
mind thither ascend, and with him continually dwell, who liveth 
and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, one God, world 
without end. Amen. 



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ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who hast given unto us 
• thy servants grace, by the confession of a true faith, to 
acknowledge the glory of the eternal Trinity, and in the power 
of the Divine Majesty to worship the Unity; We beseech thee 
that thou wouldest keep us stedfast in this faith, and evermore 
defend us from all adversities, who livest and reignest, one 
God, world without end. Amen. 

^Then shall the Bishop let them depart with this Blessing. 

THE Peace of God, which passeth all understanding, keep 
your hearts and minds in the knowledge and love of 
God, and of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord : And th*e Blessing 
of God Almighty, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, 
be amongst you, and remain with you always. Amen. 

THE RECESSIONALS 



LORD of our life, and God of our salvation, 
■^ Star of our night, and hope of every nation, 
Hear and receive thy Church's supplication. 
Lord God Almighty. 

2 See round thine Ark the hungry billows curling ! 
See how thy foes their banners are unfurling ! 
Lord, while their darts envenomed they are hurling, 

Thou canst preserve us. 

3 Lord, thou canst help when earthly armour faileth ; 
Lord, thou canst save when deadly sin assaileth ; 
Lord, o'er thy Rock nor death nor hell prevaileth ; 

Grant us thy peace. Lord ! 



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4 Peace, in our hearts, our evil thoughts assuaging. 
Peace, in thy Church, where brothers are engaging. 
Peace, when the world its busy war is waging; 

Calm thy foes raging ! 

5 Grant us thy help till backward they are driven : 
Grant them thy truth, that they may be forgiven ; 
Grant peace on earth, and after we have striven, 

Peace in thv heaven. 



II. 

"OISE, crowned with light, imperial Salem, rise! 

-■-^ Exalt thy towering head and lift thine eyes ! 
See heaven its sparkling portals wide display, 
And break upon thee in a flood of day. 

2 See a long race thy spacious courts adorn : 
See future sons, and daughters yet unborn, 
In crowding ranks on every side arise, 
Demanding life, impatient for the skies. 

3 See barbarous nations at thy gates attend, 
Walk in thy light, and in thy temple bend : 

See thy bright altars thronged with prostrate kings, 
While every land its joyous tribute brings. 

4 The seas shall waste, the skies to smoke decay. 
Rocks fall to dust, and mountains melt away ; 
But fixed his word, his saving power remains ; 
Thy realm shall last, thy own Messiah reigns. 



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III. 

OSION haste, thy mission high fulfilling, 
To tell to all the world that God is Light ; 
That he who made all nations is not willing 

One soul should perish, lost in shades of night: 
Publish glad tidings; 
Tidings of peace ; 
Tidings of Jesus, 

Redemption and release. 

Behold how many thousands still are lying 
Bound in the darksome prison-house of sin, 

With none to tell them of the Saviour's dying, 
Or of the life he died for them to win. 
Publish, etc. 

'Tis thine to save from peril of perdition 

The souls for whom the Lord his life laid down ; 

Beware lest, slothful to fulfill thy mission. 

Thou lose one jewel that should deck his Crown. 
Publish, etc. 

Proclaim to every people, tongue and nation 

That God, in whom they live and move, is love ; 

Tell how he stooped to save his lost creation. 
And died on earth that man might live above. 
Publish, etc. 

Give of thy sons to bear the message glorious ; 

Give of thy wealth to speed them on their way ; 
Pour out thy soul for them in prayer victorious ; 

And all thou spendest Jesus will repay. 
Publish, etc. 

He comes again — O Sion, ere thou meet him, 
Make known to every heart his saving grace ; 

Let none whom he hath ransomed fail to greet him, 
Through thy neglect, unfit to see his face. 
Publish, etc. 



Description of the Foundation Stone 
and of the Service 

The Foundation Stone, embedded in a large block of American granite, 
is a stone brought over for this purpose from the field adjoining the 
Church of the Holy Nativity at Bethlehem. It is the first stone of the 
substructure which will support the Cathedral altar, and will form the rear 
wall of the Bethlehem Chapel of the Holy Nativity, in the Crypt, commem- 
orating the Virgin birth of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. This 
Chapel will be used daily at noon, during the building of the Cathedral, in 
supplications for the protection of the workmen, and the spread of Christ's 
kingdom over all the earth. 

On the Foundation Stone is inscribed the text, The Word was made flesh, 
and dwelt among us. St. John i. 14. The Stone, however, will not be 
visible after the Cathedral is built. This is symbolic of the first beginning of 
the Incarnation, which the Church commemorates on the Feast of the 
Annunciation, and also of the Resurrection of our blessed Lord, two divine 
mysteries which were hidden from the human eye, as is God's way in his 
fresh beginnings of life, as well in the realms of nature as in the kingdom 
of grace. 

The office for the laying of the Foundation Stone blends into one 
whole the themes of the beginning of the National Cathedral and of the 
redemption of the human race, by the incarnation of the Son of God of a 
pure Virgin by the operation of the Holy Ghost, together with the thoughts 
and aspirations for the unity of the Church, the evangelization of the world, 
the hallowing of the life of the Nation, and the growth of the Church in 
this country and in all lands, suggested by the presence in Washington of 
the International Convention of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew, with 
bishops, priests and laymen representative of all parts of this land and of 
the world, on the Feast of St. Michael and All Angels, in this three hun- 
dredth year of our Church and civilization in America. 

Into the service are wrought reminiscences of all the chief services 
hitherto held at Mount Saint Alban. The opening of the service is an- 
nounced, as usual at the Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul, with the 
music of trumpets sounding a motif from Mendelssohn's Hymn 
of Praise, of which the words are, All men, all things, all that hath life 
and breath, sing to the Lord. Hallelujah. The exhortation is cast in 
the mould of President McKinley's address at the Raising of the Peace 
Cross. The last petition of the final supplication follows the words of the 
Proper Preface for Christmas Day in the Book of Common Prayer. The 
fifth and seventh supplications are based on Ephesians iv, usually read 
as the lesson at special Cathedral services. The hymns, except Phillips 
Brooks' hymn, "O little town of Bethlehem," and "Rise, crowned with 
light," specially appointed for this occasion, have been consecrated by fre- 
quent use in the services at Mount Saint Alban. 



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In order to place the service on the highest plane of faith and 
devotion, the Prologue to the Gospel according to St. John is 
appointed for the Lesson, the Creed is said in its Nicene form, and the 
Te Deum laudamus, the Gloria in excelsis, and the Doxology are selected 
to be sung. 

The versicles include the Gloria Patri, Sursum corda, Hosanna, and 
Gloria in excelsis, and like antiphons maintain a high note of prevailing 
praise. 

The Collect after the Lord's Prayer is by Canon Bright, and is frequently 
used here; the St. Peter and St. Paul Collect, at the end, as enlarged, is 
reputed to be by Bishop Cosin {temp. Charles IL), and was first used 
here at the Raising of the Peace Cross. The great hymn of St. Bernard 
of Cluny, Hora Novissima, sung as the Processional, with its vision of 
the heavenly city as the guerdon of earthly toils, has often been sung here, 
and serves to remind us that the Cathedral, God's temple made with 
hands, is meant to be a gateway to the Church triumphant, eternal in 
the heavens. 





VIEW OF THE NAVE OF WASHINGTON CATHEDRAL 
LOOKING TOWARD THE CHANCEL 

[From the Architect's drawing.] 



Sunday Afternoon, the Feast of St. Michael and 
All Angels, September 29, a. d. igey. 

selections and appointments. 
Processional Hymns 507, 249, 261. 
Sentences of Scripture: Mai. i. 11. Psalm xliii. j. 
Shorter Kyries. 
The Lord's Prayer. 
Versicles and Responses. 
The Long Meter Doxology. 
Psalm 122. 

The Lesson : St. John i. 55 to 51. 
Hymn after the Lesson 143. 
The Apostles' Creed. 
Versicles and Responses. 
Collects : For Feast of St. Michael and All Angels. 

For Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity. 

For Feast of St. Andrew. 

For Peace. 

For Aid against Perils. 
Prayers : For the President. 

For the Clergy and People. 

The Prayer of St. Chrysostom. 
ii Corinthians, xiii. 14. 
Hymn 359. 
Addresses on Man's Responsibility for Man. 

Rt. Hon. and Rt. Rev. Arthur F. Winnington- 
Ingram, Bishop of London. 

Hon. David J. Brewer, Associate Justice, U. S. 
Supreme Court. 

Rev. P. N. Waggett, s. s. j. e. 
Hymn, after Second Address, 196. 
Benediction. 
Recessional Hymns 516, ii, 176. 



WASHINGTON CATHEDRAL 



THE FORM FOR THE 



DEDICATION 



THE CANTERBURY AMBON 

Feast of St. Michael 
AND All Angels 

A. D. 1907 



ORDER 



SET FORTH BY 




AUTHORITY 



'^At the end of his address at the Brotherhood Open Air Service, the Bishop 
of London will formally present the Canterbury Ambon, and the Bishop 
of Washington will receive the same on behalf of Washington Cathe- 
dral Chapter. 

^Then, all standing, the Bishop of London will say these collects and 
prayers, first pronouncing, 

'T^HE Lord be with you 
-■- Ansiver. And with thy spirit. 
Let us pray. 

A LMIGHTY Father, we humbly ask thee to accept and bless 



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this Ambon, which we dedicate here to thy greater glory. 



and in memory of all those who, during many ages, have 
laboured to preach and teach the Bible in the English tongue 
to all sorts and conditions of men; beseeching thee to grant 
that they, together with all who come hither to hear thy holy 
Word, may be rewarded with thy saints in glory everlasting ; 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

T>LESSED Lord, who hast caused all holy Scriptures to be 
^^ written for our learning; Grant that we may in such 
wise hear them, read, mark, learn and inwardly digest them, 
that by patience and comfort of thy holy Word, we may em- 
brace, and ever hold fast, the blessed hope of everlasting life, 
which thou has given us in our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen, 



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/^ GOD, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake 
^^ in times past unto the fathers by the prophets, and hath 
in these last days spoken unto us by thy Son; Grant that the 
ministers and stewards of thy mysteries may so dihgently 
read and teach out of thy holy Word, and that the People may 
give such earnest heed unto the same, that the comfortable 
Gospel of Christ may be truly preached, truly received, and 
truly followed, in all places, to the breaking down the king- 
dom of sin, Satan, and death, and the hastening thy king- 
dom of righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost; 
till at length the whole of thy dispersed sheep, being gathered 
into one fold, shall become partakers of everlasting life; 
through the merits and death of Jesus Christ our Saviour. 
Amen. 

Almighty and everlivlng God, we yield unto thee most 
■^ ^ high praise and hearty thanks, for the wonderful grace 
and virtue declared in thy saints, the fathers, doctors, con- 
fessors and martyrs of thy Church in England and in Ameri- 
ca, who have given unto us thy holy Word in a language 
understanded of the People, together with a rich heritage of 
civil and religious freedom, and the blessings of Apostolic 
faith, order, fellowship and worship. And we pray that thou 
wouldst vouchsafe to give us grace so to follow the example 
of their stedfastness in thy faith, even unto death, and of their 
obedience to thy holy commandments, that at the day of the 
general Resurrection, we, together with them, may obtain a 
good report through faith, receive thy heavenly promises, and 
enter upon our perfect consummation and bliss in thy king- 
dom, eternal in the heavens. Grant this, O Father, for Jesus 
Christ's sake, our only Mediator and Advocate. Amen. 

THE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, 
and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be with us all 
evermore. Amen. 

^Here shall be sung Hymn 196. 

^Then Justice Brewer will give his address and the open air service Xifill 
continue as appointed. 



C|)e SDfKce for ti)e Cuming of tlje jFitst ^oD 
^t 'BattJ)alometo'0 €tie, A. s. 1907 

^T/i^ Clergy and People being assembled at the place appointed, and all 
standing, the Minister shall begin the service, saying. 



I 



N the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy 
Ghost. Amen. 

^Then shall the Minister say. 



/^^OOD People, we are gathered together in the Name and 
^^ Presence of Almighty God to continue our new sowing 
for the Master and for man. We have come to turn the first sod 
for Washington Cathedral. Wherefore I beseech you to call 
upon God our Father, through our Lord Jesus Christ, that he 
would grant that this sacred enterprise may prove a distinct and 
positive gain to citizenship, to country and to civilization ; and 
that he would bestow upon it, of his gracious mercy, the 
highest influence and the widest usefulness, both in the imme- 
diate present and in all the years to come. 

^Then shall be said the Apostles' Creed by the Minister and the People, all 

standing. 

T BELIEVE in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven 
and earth : 
And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord: Who was 
conceived by the Holy Ghost, Born of the Virgin Mary: 
Suffered under Pontius Pilate, Was crucified, dead, and 
buried: He descended into hell; The third day he rose 
again from the dead : He ascended into heaven. And sitteth 
on the right hand of God the Father Almighty : From thence 
he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. 



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I believe in the Holy Ghost: The holy Catholic Church; 
The Communion of Saints: The Forgiveness of sins: The 
Resurrection of the body : And the Life everlasting. Amen. 

^And after that, these Prayers following, all standing; the Minister first 

pronouncing, 

The Lord be with you. 
Answer. And with thy spirit. 
Minister. Let us pray. 

/^UR Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. 
^^ Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth. As it is 
in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us 
our trespasses, As we forgive those who trespass against us. 
And lead us not into temptation ; But deliver us from evil : 
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for 
ever and ever. Amen. 

/^ LORD, without whom our labour is but lost, and with 
^-^ whom thy little ones go forth as the mighty ; be present 
to bless all works in thy Church which are undertaken accord- 
ing to thy will, and especially that to which we set out hands 
this day, granting to us, thy labourers, a pure intention, patient 
faith, sufficient success upon earth, and the bliss of serving 
thee in heaven; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

TXT" E beseech thee, O Lord, pour thy grace into our hearts ; 
' ' that as we have known the incarnation of thy Son 
Jesus Christ by the message of an Angel, so by his cross and 
passion we may be brought unto the glory of his resurrection ; 
through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

/~\ ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who didst give to thine 
^-^ Apostle Bartholomew grace truly to believe and to 
preach thy Word; Grant, we beseech thee, unto thy Church, 



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to love that Word which he beHeved, and both to preach and 
receive the same : through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

Minister. Our help is in the name of the Lord. 

Anszver. Who hath made heaven and earth. 

Minister. O Lord hear our prayer. 

Answer. And let our cry come unto thee. 

Minister. Let us pray. 

f~^ RANT, O Lord, that the founders and benefactors of this 
^^ Cathedral, together with all those who depart hence in 
thy faith and fear, may be rewarded with thy Saints in glory 
everlasting. Amen. 

Grant, O Lord, thy protection to all who labour in the build- 
ing of this Cathedral ; keep them from harm and hurt ; guard 
their lips, set a watch over their thoughts and deeds, and bring 
them to dwell in thy temple forever. Amen. 

Grant, O Lord, a speedy fulfillment of our prayers and en- 
deavours, and in our time build this Cathedral, and frame it 
together fit and meet for thy worship, for the perfecting of the 
Saints, for the work of the ministry, and for the edifying of 
the body of Christ, till we all come in the unity of the faith, 
and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, 
unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ. Amen. 

Grant, we beseech thee, blessed Lord, that thy holy Catholic 
Church may be filled with the spirit of truth, unity and concord, 
and may seek diligently to minister to all sorts and conditions 
of men, thy gifts of Holy Scripture and Apostolic Creed, Holy 
Sacrament and Apostolic Order. May thy Church, together 
with the states and nations of all the world, devoutly be given 
to all good works for thy greater glory and the good of man- 
kind, that the comfortable Gospel of Christ may be truly 
preached, truly received, and truly followed, in all places, to the 
breaking down the kingdom of sin, Satan, and death, and the 
hastening thy kingdom of righteousness, and peace, and joy in 
the Holy Ghost. And we beseech thee to inform, and teach, 
and guide with thine Eye, all who profess and call themselves 



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Christians, that they may learn and confess, for the health of 
their souls and bodies, that Jesus Christ is very God of very 
God and very Man of very man, and came down from heaven 
and was incarnate by the operation of the Holy Ghost of the 
substance of the Virgin Mary, his Mother, and that without 
spot of sin, to make us clean from all sin. All which we beg 
for the same, thy Son Jesus Christ's sake, our most blessed 
Lord and Saviour. Amen. 

^Here the Architect shall turn the first sod. 
^Then shall be said, all standing, Gloria in excelsis. 

/'^LORY be to God on high, and on earth peace good will 
^-^ towards men. We praise thee, we bless thee, we wor- 
ship thee, we glorify thee, we give thanks to thee for thy 
great glory, O Lord God, heavenly King, God the Father 
Almighty. 

O Lord, the only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ; O Lord God, 
Lamb of God, Son of the Father, that takest away the sins 
of the world, have mercy upon us. Thou that takest away the 
sins of the world, have mercy upon us. Thou that takest away 
the sins of the world, receive our prayer. Thou that sittest at 
the right hand of God the Father, have mercy upon us. 

For thou only art holy ; thou only art the Lord ; thou only, 
O Christ, with the Holy Ghost, art most high in the glory 
of God the Father. Amen. 

^Then shall the Minister and People say this prayer, the Minister first 

pronouncing. 

Let us pray. 

ALMIGHTY God, who feedest thy flock, and callest thine 
own by name, mercifully keep this whole diocese, and 
lead each parish in the way, that we may be cleansed from all 
our sins and serve thee with a quiet mind. Hallow and bless 
to us the sacraments and services of thy Church. Inspire our 
clergy to show forth thy truth by their preaching and living, 
and daily to minister according to thy will. Bless the rulers 



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of this land. Send forth labourers into thy harvest, and hasten 
the coming of thy kingdom in all the world. Make thy 
cathedral in this diocese a house of prayer for all people, and 
in each neighborhood make the parish church a spiritual home. 
Keep our communicants in singleness of heart, from unbelief 
and worldliness, giving them grace, both in their homes and 
callings, faithfully to confess thy holy Name. May all our 
children be taught of thee. Draw to the cross those who are 
impenitent and hardened in sin. And, we beseech thee, heal 
the sick, comfort the sorrowing, relieve the distressed. In 
all our work for thee may thy Holy Spirit direct and rule 
our hearts. Move thy people to give as thou hast given to 
them. Fill the workers with the spirit of power, of love, 
and of a sound mind ; and while we plant and water, do thou 
give the continual increase; through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 

^Then shall the Minister let them depart with this blessing, 

'HT^HE God of peace, who brought again from the dead our 
-■- Lord Jesus Christ, the great Shepherd of the sheep, 
through the blood of the everlasting covenant ; Make you per- 
fect in every good work to do his will, working in you that 
which is well pleasing in his sight; through Jesus Christ, to 
whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen. 



•WASHINGTON CATHEDRAL 
THE BETHLEHEM CHAPEL OF THE NATIVITY 




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scAi* or rttT 



®If^ SattnnaU of tl|^ ^tvmtB 

A brief description of the foundation stone service was ap- 
pended to the service book to aid the devotion of the wor- 
shippers, and is printed in this book with the service. But a 
fuller description and explanation is here given for permanent 
record. 

Cjje iFounDation ^tone ^ertjice 

The processional is the Mora Novissima, the great Latin 
hymn of St. Bernard, the monk of Cluny (a. d. 1145). i" ^^e 
translation of Rev. Dr. J. M. Neale, and familiar as hymns 
405, 406, 407, 408 in our present Church Hymnal. The tune, 
as always on the Cathedral grounds, is that of A. Ewmg, 
usually sung to the third part of the Hora Novissima, begm- 
ning "Jerusalem the golden." This hymn was used for the 
great procession on this, as on several previous occasions at 
Mount Saint Alban, the first being the laying of the corner- 
stone of the girls' school, because, beginning with the sorrow 
and evil of our brief life here as a present reality, it leads us 
on to visions of the true beauty and sweet cure of all distress 
that is offered the Christian in the heavenly Jerusalem, the 
guerdon and bourne of earthly toil, to which the Cathedral, 
God's temple made with hands, is a gateway. 

The opening versicles, selected from Scripture and the 
Prayer Book, are those usually appointed for the laying of 
foundation stones, and like occasions, and invoke God's help 
in the undertaking and in the serAnce. 

The Exhortation is moulded in the words of President Mc- 
Kinley's brief but finely expressed word of salutation at the 
raising of the Peace Cross, and was first used a few months 
after that service at the laying of the cornerstone of the 
school for girls, and often since then in practically this same 



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form. It is true that it is in the terms and spirit of present 
day English, while the rest of the service is in the language 
of the Authorized Version and the Prayer Book. But the 
Prayer Book has always given hospitality to new forms if 
good in themselves. For instance, all the Exhortations were in- 
troduced at the Reformation, and their style of English differs 
much from that of the ancient collects and prayers. Again, the 
collect for the Sixth Sunday after Epiphany is the work of 
Bishop Cosin, of Durham, and came in as late as a. d. 1662. 
And the collect for the Transfiguration in theAmerican Liturgy 
is by the Rev. Dr. Wm. R. Huntington, and came in in a. d. 
1892. So there is abundant precedent for the introduction of 
fresh forms when occasion so requires. 

Rev. Wm. Bright, D. D., Canon of Christ Church, Regius 
Professor of Ecclesiastical History in the University of Ox- 
ford, is the author of the beautiful collect, "for all who do the 
work of the Church," printed after the Lord's Prayer. It was 
used here first at the laying of the corner stone of the girls' 
school, Ascension Day, May 11, a. d. 1899, and often since 
then. It will be found in the appendix to Canon Bright's 
"Ancient Collects." 

Sursum Corda is the theme of the versicles following this 
collect, as it will be the key note of the whole Cathedral, and 
carven in stone on scrolls borne by angels upon the "Soffit" of 
the Chancel arch. The versicles are compiled from the Bible 
and Prayer Book, and were first used in this combination at 
the girls' school cornerstone service, which set the norm for 
so many of our special Cathedral services. 

The hymn, "All hail the power of Jesus' Name," by E. Per- 
ronet (a. d. 1779) to that old and favorite tune, "Corona- 
tion," by O. Holden, was selected because of its emphasis on 
the honor due the incarnate Son of God, risen, ascended, and 
crowned Lord of all, and because of its high note of praise, 
and its popular character. 

From this point the service ascends rapidly to its climax in 
witnessing to the incarnation and Virgin birth of the Son of 



m tfje ^ett)ice0 99 

God, at the laying of the foundation of the crypt chapel of 
the Holy Nativity. The Lesson is naturally and fitly St. 
John's Prologue of meditation and declaration upon the great 
fact of the Word made flesh (St. John, i. 1-15). The Canticle, 
with like fitness, is the Te Deum laudamus, with its supreme 
notes of praise and faith, immediately followed by that full 
declaration of the Godhead and human nature of Jesus Christ, 
the Creed of Nicsea. Then come the supplications, specially 
composed for the Cathedral, and in place and form like to those 
in the Prayer Book offices for Holy Baptism and for the Con- 
secration of Churches, linked together by a common and am- 
plified "address" at the beginning, and by a common "media- 
tion" at the end. 

Hitherto there had been but four supplications at our Cathe- 
dral dedications and like services, but on this occasion, to 
mark its extraordinary character, and to give space for inter- 
cessions for all the many persons and causes in mind and heart 
at such a time, the number was increased to eight. The first 
invokes God to accept the stone; the second asks His blessing 
for the founders and benefactors living and in Paradise; the 
third His protection for the workmen ; the fourth the inspira- 
tion and cleansing of His Holy Spirit for all worshippers com- 
ing to the Cathedral. The speedy completion of this house of 
God, and its fitness for its office in the Church, in the terms 
of Ephesians 4. 12, 13, is the theme of the fifth supplication, 
and the sixth intercedes for the bishop, clergy and people of 
the Diocese (cf. Acts 2. 46). Intercession for those who do 
Christ's work in Church and State, at home and abroad, marks 
the seventh supplication. Into this, as into the fifth, are woven 
the thought and words of Ephesians 4, the portion of Scrip- 
ture used at Mount Saint Alban at the Peace Cross service, and 
often afterwards, and setting forth the grounds of our unity 
and peace in Jesus Christ. The final supplication is for the 
unity, steadfast faith and spiritual efficiency of the Church, 
and incorporates into itself phrases from the Book of Common 
Prayer, from the Prayer for Christ's Church Militant, the 



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Prayer for use at Meetings of Convention, and the Proper 
Preface for Christmas Day. 

This brings us to the versicles, specially selected from Holy 
Writ for this occasion. The first four are from i. St, Peter 2. 
6, 7 (cf. Is. 28. 16, and Ps. 118. 22). The fifth and sixth are 
from Genesis 28. 17, Jacob's vision of heaven at Bethel, "the 
house of God." The seventh versicle is from Isaiah 56. 7 
(cf. St. Matt. 21. 13), and its response from Malachi i. 11. 
The last pair of versicles are of course the angels' song at the 
Holy Nativity (cf. St. Luke 2. 14), and like the Gloria Patri 
and the Hosanna crowning the other sets of versicles in this 
service, give it a high note of prevailing praise. 

Bishop Phillips Brooks' famous hymn, "O little town of 
Bethlehem" (a. d. 1880), to the tune written for it by Louis 
H. Redner, is a»ppointed because of its witness to the incarna- 
tion, because of its appropriateness to the laying of a founda- 
tion stone which is to be a part of a chapel of the Holy 
Nativity, and because of its noting that God's great gifts are 
silently, quietly given. 

The choice of the passages of Scripture for silent medita- 
tion during the laying of the stone is sufficiently explained by 
the rubric preceding them. The passage from St. Ignatius, 
Bishop of Antioch, was a very felicitous find of the Bishop's, 
and is not only a witness from an Apostolic father to the Vir- 
gin birth, but also strikes the same note as to God's silent 
working as Bishop Brooks' hymn. 

The declaration of dedication explains itself; it may be 
noted, however, that in the service the Bishop added the word 
"spiritual" in the third paragraph, before the word "trust," 
and again before the words "part and ownership," thereby 
obviating any legal complications in the future in case any 
should claim any civil rights in the administration of the 
trust. 

The Gloria in excelsis, sung to "Old Chant," and the offer- 
tory sentences answer for themselves. Cardinal Newman is 
the author of the hymn, "Praise to the holiest in the height"; 



m tfje ^cttJicest loi 

it will be found in "The Dream of Gerontius," and its assigned 
date is a. d. 1868. The tune, "Gerontius," was specially 
composed for the hymn by that master of Church music, Rev. 
Dr. J. B. Dykes, The next hymn, "The Church's one founda- 
tion," written in the same year by Samuel John Stone, and 
sung as always to S. S. Wesley's ,ever popular tune, "Aurelia," 
carries over the idea of the blessings bestowed on man in the 
incarnation, stressed in "Praise to the Holiest in the height," 
into the Church, by which Christ's gifts are conveyed and min- 
istered to mankind in all lands and ages. The old long meter 
Doxology (of course sung to "Old Hundredth") in exultant 
praise thanks God for His blessings and gifts at the presenta- 
tion of the alms, the outward and visible tokens of our inward 
and spiritual gratitude and devotion. 

Of the five collects before the Benediction, the first is the 
Prayer Book collect for the Feast of St. Michael and All An- 
gels. The second commemorates Saint Peter and Saint Paul, 
under whose name and title Washington Cathedral is dedi- 
cated. It is here in the form expanded by Bishop Cosin (a. d. 
1662), to include St. Paul as well as St. Peter, according to 
ancient custom remembered together because traditionally mar- 
tyred on the same day. The third collect, that for the feast 
of the Annunciation, unites the benefits of our Lord's incar- 
nation, crucifixion, and resurrection, and the fourth carries us 
on to the ascension of Him who was made a little lower than 
the angels for the suffering of death, and is now crowned 
with glory and honor that by the grace of God His death may 
avail for the salvation of all mankind. The final collect is 
that for Trinity Sunday, and places a fitting crown upon this 
service for the laying the foundation stone of a Cathedral 
builded to the glory of the ever blessed Trinity, and as a wit- 
ness to the incarnate Son of God. 

The first recessional hymn, "Lord of our life, and God of our 
salvation," Philip Pusey's translation of Lowenstern (a. d. 
1840), to Sir Joseph Barnby's noble tune, is a litany for the 
peace of the Church. Alexander Pope's "Messiah" (a. d. 



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1 712) is the source of the second recessional, "Rise, crowned 
with light, imperial Salem, rise!" which embodies a vision of 
the upbuilding of Messiah's Kingdom, the Church, which the 
poet pictures in the imagery of the temple in the heavenly 
Jerusalem. Mrs. M. A. Thompson wrote the final hymn, "O 
Sion haste, thy mission high fulfilling," as recently as a. d. 
1 89 1, and it is the most popular of the missionary hymns at 
the present time. It is selected because of its powerful appeal 
to the Church to fulfill her evangelizing mission, and also, in 
choosing it, it was not forgotten that it was a special favorite 
with Rev. Churchill Satterlee, and consequently with all near 
and dear to him, who have done so much, with the Bishop 
leading, to transform the dream of a Cathedral at Washington 
into a reality. 

This hymn (sung to J. Walch's tune) and Phillips Brooks' 
hymn, were specially mentioned after the service by the Bishop 
of London, and his Chaplain, for their power and devotion, 
both in word and tune. They said they would have to secure 
their use in the Church of England. 

It will be noted that the hymns selected (including the after- 
noon list) belong to almost all the great schools and periods 
of Christian hymnody, and together with the canticles and col- 
lects, are representative of the whole long story of Christian 
devotion manifesting itself in prayer and praise. 

Cf)e 16roti)er|)ooD ^ertJice 

The service is that set forth by authority from the first insti- 
tution of the people's open-air evensong at Mount Saint Alban, 
and is a shortened and popularized variation of the Prayer 
Book service for Evening Prayer. The Doxology is sung 
before the Psalter, there is but one lesson, and a hymn is sub- 
stituted for a canticle. 

The hymns, selection of sentences, psalm, lesson, collects, 
noted elsewhere in this volume, all explain themselves and at 
once show the ground of their choice for this occasion to all 
familiar with our Prayer Book and Hymnal and our Church 
customs and ways. 



flDf t\)t ^eruices 103 

C|)e ^mfion Dedication ^etm'ce 

The Bishop of London at the close of his address at the 
Brotherhood Service dedicated the ambon given by Archbishop 
Davidson, and made of stones from Canterbury Cathedral, 
using the form printed in this volume. This was compiled by 
Canon De Vries, and set forth by the Bishop of Washington. 
The first of the collects and prayers, written for the purpose, 
is the dedicatory collect ; the second is the Prayer Book collect 
for the Second Sunday in Advent. The third is for those who 
read and teach the Bible today, and for those that hear. 
Thanksgiving for the good examples of the translators, inter- 
preters, teachers and preachers of God's holy Word in the 
English language, is th,e theme of the fourth, which like the 
third, was specially written for this service. 



®I|0 Khhx^BBm 



Cfte (gJteeting of t!)e Pre0iDent of tlje OniteD ^tate0 

Bishop Satterlee, and you, my friends and fellow country- 
men, and you, our guests : I have but one word of greeting to 
you today and to wish you God-speed in the work begun this 
noon. The salutation is to be delivered by our guest, the 
Bishop of London, who has a right to speak to us because he 
has shown in his life that he treats high office as high office 
should alone be treated, either in Church or State, and above 
all, in a democracy such as ours — simply as giving a chance to 
render service. If office is accepted by any man for its own 
sake and because of the honor it is felt to confer, he accepts 
it to his own harm and to the infinite harm of those whom 
he ought to serve. Its sole value comes in the State, but above 
all its sole value comes in the Church, if it is seized by the man 
who holds it as giving the chance to do yet more useful work 
for the people whom he serves. I greet you here. Bishop 
Ingram, because you have used your office in the aid of man- 
kind ; and because while you have served all, you have realized 
that the greatest need of service was for those to whom least 
has been given in this world. 

I believe so implicitly in the good that will be done by and 
through this Cathedral, Bishop Satterlee, because I know that 
you and those with you, the people of your Church, the people 
of your kindred Churches, to one of which I belong, are grow- 
ing more and more to realize that they must show by their 
lives how well they appreciate the truth of the text that they 
shall be judged by their fruits. More and more we have 
grown to realize that the worth of the professions of the men 
of any creed must largely be determined by the conduct of 
the men making those professions; that conduct is the touch- 
stone by which we must test their character and their services. 



io8 Clje 3Dtite00e0 

While there is much that is evil in the times, I want to call your 
attention to the fact that it was a good many centuries ago that 
the Latin hymn was composed, which said that the world is 
very evil and that the times were growing late. The times 
are evil ; that is, there is much that is evil in them. It would 
be to our shame and discredit if we failed to recognize that evil ; 
if we wrapped ourselves in the mantle of a foolish optimism 
and failed to war with heart and strength against the evil. 
It would be equally to our discredit if we sank back in sullen 
pessimism and declined to strive for good because we feared 
the strength of evil. There is much evil ; there is much good, 
too ; and one of the good things is that more and more we must 
realize that there is such a thing as a real. Christian fellowship 
among men of different creeds, and that the real field for 
rivalry among and between the creeds comes in the rivalry 
of the endeavor to see which can render best service to man- 
kind, which can do the work of the Lord best by doing His 
work for the people best. 

I thank you for giving me a chance to say this word of 
greeting today. 

C&e Salutation of tfje IBisfiop of JLonOoit 

Mr. President, fellow bishops, and brethren of the clergy 
and of the laity : I must first, on behalf of this vast assembly, 
thank the President of the United States, in the midst of all 
his multifarious duties, for being present with us today and 
giving us those burning words of .encouragement and inspira- 
tion. And may I, on behalf of myself and of the visitors 
here today, thank you, Mr. President, for those words of en- 
couragement which you spoke to me which will send me back 
across the sea inspired for my work? 

But I come to deliver a salutation from across the seas to 
you, our brethren, here on this great day. I think one of 
the historic scenes that I remember best was when Archbishop 
Benson came down at a time of great trouble in Wales and he 



IBi^hop Ingram's Salutation 109 

said these words: "I come from the steps of St. Augustine, 
to tell you that by the benediction of God we will not stand 
by and see you disinherited." I can not say that I come from 
the steps of St. Augustine today — you had here a few years 
ago the successor of St. Augustine himself — but I do bring 
you here, with all the love from the old country, a present from 
the shrine of St. Augustine which will be part of your cathe- 
dral when it is fully complete. I come as the successor of St. 
Augustine's companion, Mellitus, to bring you from the old 
diocese of London, of which one day you were a part, a real 
message of love and God-speed today. 

Now, it may be asked, why do we, who have to battle so 
much with all the present evil and wrong, why is it that we 
value so much these historical links ? Why should a bishop of 
London at a time like this cross the sea ? For three reasons : 
First, because ours is an historical religion. Our religion con- 
sists in the belief that at a certain time, at a certain place, 
at a little spot on this world's surface, the Son of God came 
down from Heaven to us. That is the Christian religion. It 
is belief, not in a good man named Jesus Christ doing any- 
thing, but in the sacrifice and manifestation of God Himself. 
And if that happened, if that is an historical fact, then we 
must value, you must value, every link that historically binds 
you to that great historical fact on which all our faith stands, 
and you can not afford in America, you do not want to afford, 
to break that golden chain. That glorious Atlantic cable 
which binds you to Palestine lay for more than a thousand 
years across the British Isles, and we in those British Isles had 
the honor of being the means by which that golden chain was 
brought to you. And if that is true of the Christian religion, 
I thank God we are, as the President says, united in the unity 
of the faith — every Christian denomination — far more than the 
world believes. 

If that is true of Christianity as a religion, it is especially 
true — and it gives my second reason for being here — of the 
great Anglican Communion. We of the Anglican Communion 



no Clje aD Dresses; 

take our stand upon history. When some one says that the 
Church of England was founded by Henry the Eighth, I ask 
how it comes, then, that the Bishops of London have 
lived at Fulham Palace for thirteen hundred years, and why 
it is that one of the oldest continuous pieces of property pos- 
sessed by any one in the whole of England is the estate of 
Tillingham, owned by St. Paul's Cathedral. And, therefore, 
our great appeal in the Anglican Communion is to history. 
We hold to the old historic faith with which we were en- 
trusted. We stand for freedom. One of the most glorious 
sentences in English history is that sentence in the Great Char- 
ter, "The Church of England shall be free." We stand for 
freedom of thought, freedom of study. We stand for historic 
ministry, and we stand for an open Bible, and that is the reason 
why that present which I bring to you across the seas is so 
appropriate, because it depicts in that ambon or pulpit a great 
archbishop, at the head of the barons, bringing the Magna 
Charta to King John. It is made of stone from Canterbury 
Cathedral, the shrine of St. Augustine, and it depicts the 
great fight for an open Bible which was at last victorious. 
Therefore, we could bring you nothing which so speaks in stone 
what the Anglican Communion stands for, and that present I 
bring you from Canterbury today. 

Lastly, we value these historical links because in the teeth 
of infinite difficulties my predecessors, the bishops of London, 
tried to do their duty to the infant American Church. As 
the week comes on in more detail I think I can interest you 
by certain documents, some of which, Mr. President, I have 
shown you, by which it will be seen with what loving care 
those old bishops of London tried to do their duty to this infant 
Church. Therefore, and this is the third reason, it is appro- 
priate I should speak this message as the Bishop of London, 
because of how much they would have rejoiced today at the 
laying of this foundation stone of what is to be one of the most 
glorious cathedrals in the Anglican Communion. Therefore 
I give you my salutation because, as the President says, we 



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III 



fight against wrong, against tyranny, against evil. We fight 
to relieve the poor and aid the oppressed on both sides of the 
Atlantic. Let the Church of England and the Church of 
America fight in generous rivalry as to which can do the best, 
and I say from my heart, God-speed to your work. 

Clje IBislJop of Lontion'0 afternoon ^DDress 
Qian's IRegpongiftilitp for ^an 

Christian Brethren : I must first complete the work which, 
in one sense, I began this morning, and I must present to the 
Church of America, as represented by the Bishop of Washing- 
ton, in the name of the old Church of England, in whose 
name I speak this afternoon, the gift which I have brought here 
with our heart's love. I described at the great service this 
morning, but as there are so many others present this after- 
noon, I would like shortly to describe again, why the present 
which I bring you from the old country is so extraordinarily 
appropriate a present from one branch of the Anglican Com- 
munion to another. The ambon, or pulpit, which we present, 
represents an archbishop of Canterbury at the head of the 
barons of England wringing freedom from a tyrannical king, 
and therefore it sets before us the first thing which we love 
to the bottom of our hearts, both in England and America — 
personal freedom. 

Then the stones of it are made from the stones of Canter- 
bury Cathedral, and that typifies the second thing which we 
value so deeply in our Church, and that is the historical con- 
tinuity of it, that, without any break, year by year, step by 
step, you and we go back to the days of the Apostles them- 
selves, and therefore, when we bring you the stone from the 
Cathedral of St. Augustine, we ask you to value, as we do, the 
historical ministry which binds us all together. 

Thirdly, on that pulpit you will see figured in stone the 
glorious fight for the open Bible that we had in England. 
There is Tyndale portrayed upon the stone, and that typifies 



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the third thing that we love, not only personal freedom, not 
only the historical ministry, but also an open Bible — "The 
Church to teach and the Bible to prove" is the motto of the 
Anglican Communion. There is no saying which rings in 
my ears more constantly, than that uttered by one of our 
greatest Bishops, "No Church will hold the future in its hand 
that has not the historical traditions in the one hand and the 
open Bible in the other." Therefore, in the name of the 
Church of England, dear Bishop, I offer you the pulpit today. 
But now I come to what, after all, is the center and the core 
of the service, and that is the St. Andrew's Brotherhood, 
which has inaugurated and suggested this grand and popular 
service. There is not the same contrast betwen the two ser- 
vices that would appear at first sight. If the service this 
morning was to hand on the historical traditions from one 
Church to another, so the service this afternoon is to hand on 
the old spirit by which alone this world can be converted, and 
that is the spirit of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew. When 
we heard the lesson read to us so clearly by our dear brother 
Bishop, the Bishop of St. Albans, who comes to you with me 
from England, I could not help thinking it was, of course, 
quite the most appropriate lesson we could have had this after- 
noon, because, as the President reminded us this morning, it is 
not enough to have historic tradition — we must have the old 
spirit of Christianity if the Church is to live and work with 
power. And after two thousand years there is no other known 
way of converting the world to Christ except by a body of con- 
verted men and women who are first converted themselves 
and then go out and convert the world. People are not con- 
verted in masses. They are converted one by one. Therefore, 
this grand Brotherhood of St. Andrew has done a great work 
for the Church in all parts of the world by bringing us back 
to the one great secret that Andrew must find Simon. One 
by one, one by one, a man must bring his brothers to the feet 
of Jesus Christ, and there is no other known way of doing it 
in the whole world. 



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Therefore, before I speak this afternoon of four pictures 
which I will put before you as suggestions as to the develop- 
ment of the work of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew, I 
want first to say to the Brotherhood itself, God bless your 
work, dear brothers; go on with it; never be disappointed 
in it. A man is judged by what he does, by his conduct 
toward his equals. It is far harder to force yourself to 
speak to the clerk who works by you and the man in 
the same shop than it is to do some of the work which is a 
development of St. Andrew's Brotherhood which I shall put 
before you this afternoon. Do not imagine that in trying for 
this great multitude to catch your spirit and translate it for 
the others I mean to say one word in depreciation of your 
own great work. How, then, can we of the Church at large, 
represented by this great multitude, catch the spirit of St. An- 
drew's Brotherhood and show that we believe in man's respon- 
sibility for man, which is the subject for this afternoon? 

The first picture which I want to put before you — and my 
message will be in four pictures — the first picture is a picture 
well known to your own Bishop, of some thirty young men 
at a settlement in the middle of East London. What are 
those thirty young men doing ? They come from Oxford, they 
come from Cambridge, and what brings them down there in 
the middle of East London ? That is the first picture. Man's 
responsibility for man. Up to that moment, until the bitter 
cry of outcast London had pierced to the hearts of the better 
classes of England, man's responsibility for man had not been 
understood as the university man's responsibility for the poor 
man in East London. Therefore, the first picture is a picture 
which I should like to be taken home by the whole of the 
universities of America, and that is of those university men, 
those cultured young men, living and working in those places 
for the poor of our great cities. I hope before I leave America 
to visit, in a week or two, the slums of New York, and I think 
I shall find when I go there that they need quite as much as any 
slums in East London a loving and united effort of the univer- 



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sities and the public schools, girls' schools as well as boys' 
schools, a great and united effort of the cultured and the leisure 
classes, and the rich, to show man's responsibility to man 
among the poor. That is my first picture. 

Then I come to my second picture. It is a picture of one of 
our great prisons, crowded with men and boys, and especially 
with young men of some seventeen or eighteen years whom 
it is the most touching thing to see in prison at all. What do 
we see in that prison? Do we see them left to themselves? 
I see young men of culture and position who are going from 
cell to cell in that prison, visiting every cell by the leave of the 
authorities, getting to know and to make friends with the in- 
mates of the cells, taking note of what their lives have been, 
how they can help them, how they can stand by them when 
they come out. This is the newest and most successful devel- 
opment in England of man's responsibility for man. Never 
shall I forget an afternoon I spent in one of our great prisons. 
I first preached to an immense congregation of the prisoners 
banked up in front of me as you are banked up there. I then 
went round the cells and many a young fellow said to me, "Oh, 
Bishop, I have no chance when I get out; I can not earn my 
living; I simply go back again among my old friends, to live 
the old life again." We have determined that man's responsi- 
bility for man extends to the prisoner as well as to the poor, 
and this beautiful experiment, already so successfully worked 
by the leave of the authorities — a chosen and picked body of 
young men are in touch with the prisoners of England — will 
lead, I believe, to thousands of them getting fresh chances in 
the future and starting a new life altogether, and I commend 
that as another message from the old country to our brothers 
across the sea. Why should not your prisons in America have 
the same humanizing, Christian and purifying element in 
them? 

That brings me thirdly to ask, why is that young man in 
prison at all ? In order to answer the question I will ask you 
to come with me and look at another picture. I will ask you 



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to come around with me, around one of the slums of my great 
city. I will take you as I have taken brothers before, into a 
little, tiny room, where one family has to eat and sleep. There 
is a poor woman making match boxes in that room. She gets 
twopence and a farthing a gross for them. Her poor boys, 
her children, have no chance to go out into the streets for their 
play except to be lured into some drinking and gambling hell 
for want of a place for amusement, and it is in those circum- 
stances and it is in those environments our criminals are 
made. 

Man's responsibility for man. Do you think we can stop at 
the St. Andrew's Brotherhood? Do you think we can stop 
at university gentlemen's work? Do you think we can stop 
at visiting the prison? You have got to find out why he is a 
prisoner at all. There is nothing more hypocritical than for a 
man or woman during Sunday to be rescuing or helping a 
prisoner and to be damning him into the prison during the 
week ; and, therefore, if man's responsibility for man means 
anything it means that every man of business and every head of 
every great household and every person with influence over 
others must be asking, "Are you giving in your business and 
in your work an adequate and a fair chance to those who work 
under you?" Every man who comes into the word has not a 
right to ask for equality, but he has a right to ask for equality 
of opportunity and we Christian people do not have the Chris- 
tian religion if we are not trying Monday, Tuesday, Wednes- 
day, and the rest of the week to give equality of opportunity to 
every child of God that lives in this world. Therefore, I put 
before you that picture from the slums as the third picture 
which will impress upon us man's responsibility for man. 

My last picture is a far more beautiful sight. I go round 
in England very constantly, not only to the universities, but 
also to the great public schools of England, and I know no 
more beautiful sight than the look of grave responsibility on 
the faces of the young boys who form the monitors or prefects 
of our great public schools. We have a plan, inherited from 



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Dr. Arnold of Rugby, by which we trust the elder boys of 
a school very largely to manage the school itself, and nothing, 
to my mind, is more beautiful than to watch that grave and 
serious responsibility upon those young faces for the boys in 
the school younger than themselves. Now, the Brotherhood 
of St. Andrew has undertaken as its latest development, a very 
difficult — in some ways a dangerous, but, on the other hand, a 
most splendid — work, and that is to develop among the boys 
of America that responsibility of boys for boys as they show 
the responsibility of man for man. Now, I believe there is a 
great future for that movement if it is left as much as possible 
to the boys themselves. What you have to stir up, my broth- 
ers, is the sense of responsibility in the boys and let them man- 
age their development largely themselves. Let there be among 
the elder boys of America just a grave, serious. Christlike re- 
sponsibility for the younger boys over whom they have influ- 
ence and control. 

So, I leave my four pictures with you. Those four pictures 
represent what seem to me the most pressing and telling illus- 
trations of man's responsibility for man. They seem to me 
four different avenues in which this great multitude may catch 
the spirit of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew, and show it to 
the world. 

Go forth, great Church, great nation, to your splendid work, 
and when the great Cathedral crowns the hill, as one day 
surely it will, may the souls of this great nation be crowned 
and conquered by St. Andrew's cross. 

Cf)e lBi0|)op oC (Daasjbington'g Acceptance of tfje 

amtion 

On behalf of the Chapter of Washington Cathedral I receive 
and accept with gratitude at your hands this most interesting 
and historic gift of the Archbishop of Canterbury. At your 
hands, I say, for, as it was said this morning, you are your- 
self brought into the very history of our own Diocese. As 



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Bishop of Washington I look back ten years and remember, 
and the clergy and laity remember with me, that we belonged 
to the Diocese of Maryland, and we go back one hundred 
years more and we remember that the then District of Colum- 
bia, as far as the Episcopal Church was concerned, belonged to 
the Dioceses of Virginia and of Maryland. When we go back 
to the history of our Church in colonial days we find that Vir- 
ginia and Alaryland were under the Bishop of London. Re- 
ceiving this gift with its lessons of the open Bible. I know that 
I speak on behalf of all who are present here today when I say 
that the first gospel sermon preached in spirit from this ambon, 
has been preached by the Bishop of London himself, and I 
ask if he will bless the ambon with his prayers? 

[Here the Bishop of London dedicated the Ambon after the 
form printed in this volume.] 

aDDre00 of 3fu0tice IBtctoer 

In the story of Cain and Abel is presented both the affirma- 
tion of man's responsibility for man and his denial thereof. 
The Almighty's question to Cain. Where is thy brother? asserts 
it. The sneering reply. Am I my brother's keeper ? repudiates 
it. Yet the recognition of such responsibility largely distin- 
guishes man from brute. With the latter there is no real 
recognition of any mutual responsibility. Even the maternal 
care for her offspring is but an animal instinct, which ter- 
minates at the maturity of the offspring. True, many animals 
move in large herds or flocks for the sake of protec- 
tion, but when one of them is injured it is abandoned to its 
fate because no longer able to aid in protection. No thought 
of responsibility or obligation exists. There is only a unity 
of action for a single purpose. 

On the other hand, although the selfishness of man is con- 
tinually repudiating all obligation to his fellows, no one can 
escape from the conviction that he is under such obligation. 
The still, small, voice asserts it, and that voice, though for a 



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moment lost in the roar of passion and the din of selfishness, 
can never be wholly silenced. It is something that goes beyond 
the parental feeling, is not limited by age or other condition 
of life, but in its fullest development includes all men at all 
times. 

In the advance of the ages it has grown with man's moral 
growth, and the more perfect the civilization the clearer and 
fuller the recognition of that responsibility. It lies at the 
foundation of our charities. It is the basis upon which society, 
and even government, rests, and in the evolution of the higher 
qualities of our nature it becomes as far reaching as the sweep 
of the world. 

Naturally, at first it is potential only as respects the family, 
then the tribe, race and nation, but finally it compasses all 
mankind. Humani nihil alienum. Doubtless it is often 
colored by selfishness or self-interest. The man in devotion to 
his family thinks of it as "my family," the few persons towards 
whom he has the feeling of proprietorship. He will fight to 
protect his wife because she is his wife, while he may make 
little effort in behalf of another woman, because in her he has 
no proprietorship. The Good Samaritan illustrates an advance. 
The injured man was not of his family, race or nation, but 
he was a human being in need, and that need called into action 
the sense of responsibility. Who does not love the Good 
Samaritan? Theological creeds and denominational differ- 
ences are losing their hold but the Golden Rule and the Good 
Samaritan, pressing upon the heart with more and more force, 
have become among the highest .expressions of the religious 
feeling of the race. 

The story of the dispersion at Babel also foreshadowed this 
distinction between the lesser and the greater sense of human 
obligation. Men separated into races and tribes and nations, 
and for centuries all outside the race or tribe or nation were 
beyond the reach of any thought of responsibility. They 
were regarded as legitimate prey in person and property. 
The outcome of war was the subjugation of the conquered to 



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slavery and the appropriation of their property to the uses of 
the conqueror. That in so doing there was an offence against 
humanity was not recognized. But the song of the Angels 
at Bethlehem, "On Earth Peace, Good Will to Men" pro- 
claimed the better thought. It was a new departure. It antici- 
pated the Hague Conference. It is no national anthem. It 
will be the song of humanity, when ironclads are seen only in 
pictures and known only in history. 

Doubtless in the peace movements of today there is much of 
the commercial spirit, the belief that the abolition of war will 
contribute largely to material prosperity, yet there is also a 
recognition of the obligation of man to man, and as the move- 
ment strengthens the influence of commercialism will gradually 
diminish and the significance of human relationships will be- 
come more thoroughly appreciated. 

Nowhere is the thought of a common humanity more fully 
recognized or more potential than in this country, and largely 
for this reason — ^every other nation is dominated by a single 
homogeneous race. You go to Germany and France, and 
while you find foreigners living there, yet the national life is 
German or Frank, and the resident foreigner is only a stranger 
within their gates. But this country was settled by many 
races. English, Dutch, Swedes and French were pioneers 
on this continent, and after the national life had become 
established on the basis of a government of and by and for 
the people the doors were thrown open and millions out of 
every race and tongue have become citizens, sharers with us 
in the common life of this nation. The dispersion which 
began at Babel is ending on the banks of the Hudson and the 
Mississippi. No nation is so thoroughly cosmopolitan, none 
into whose national being is flowing the lifeblood of so many 
different races. 

All are familiar with composite photography. When many 
faces are thrown upon a plate, one over the other, the result 
is a single face which discloses the most prominent features of 
each. This country is the great national photographer. In 



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its borders are mingled all races and all peoples, and one mis- 
sion of this republic is to take these diverse elements and fuse 
the best and strongest characteristics of each into a homogene- 
ous, composite, national life. No grander work can be under- 
taken than the effort to accomplish such a fusing, in order 
that the resultant American shall be the ideal product of only 
the best elements of all races. The .effort is continuous ; slow 
but certain. Marriage, the common school, common work- 
shop and factory, the development of political parties, and re- 
ligion, are mighty factors in this process of fusion. Who can 
fathom the deep significance of this mingling of various races ? 

"Through the ages one increasing purpose runs. 
And the thoughts of men are widened with the process of the 
suns." 

Is it merely a fancy that in the great councils of eternity it 
has been purposed that on this continent and beneath the Stars 
and Stripes shall be fully solved the great problem of man's 
responsibility for man? Every lover of his country may re- 
joice to believe that this is one mission of the republic, and so 
believing may consecrate himself to the work of making it 
successful by striving to run into the fabric of the national life 
the best characteristics, the highest thoughts, of every race 
whose representatives are found within its domain. 

Again, man's responsibility for man is limited only by the 
extent of his being. It touches the lowest and the highest of 
his life. It forbids famine of the body and also famine of 
the mind and soul. Doubtless the former makes the first, the 
easy, appeal. All take notice of physical suffering. The blind, 
the deaf, the dumb, are evident. The body wasting 
through hunger or sickness we can not if we would avoid 
noticing. Through the senses one incessant voice of ap- 
peal reaches us. The poor ye have always with you. This 
appeal finds its response in the magnificent reach of the 
charities of the present day. The asylums for the deaf, dumb, 
blind and insane are its witnesses. Helen Keller, brought out 




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of the darkness of an imprisoned soul into the light of a knowl- 
edge of the wondrous splendors of the material universe, is, 
in the present overflow of her life, both a witness and an an- 
them of praise to the reality and extent of our responsibility 
one for the other. But man's responsibility for man looks 
beyond the material. It touches the spiritual and beholds the 
eternal. We may feed the hungry and clothe the naked but 
there is a divine something in every child of Adam which is 
only fully satisfied by that which is not of matter, and which 
can not be measured by the yardstick or weighed on the scales. 

Man craves knowledge. He longs to know. We behold 
and admire the wonderful powers of the intellect. Who has 
set boundaries to human thought, or can tell where knowledge 
must end ? Universal education is a part of our responsibility, 
and right royally are we responding to its demands. We in- 
vite all to share in its blessing, and place no limit upon the 
upward steps of any. The common school is open to every 
child in the nation, and the most ambitious student can find 
a place to satisfy all his longings for a wider outlook. 

But worst of all is the famine of the soul. When the soul 
shrivels, conscience disappears, purity and morality cease to be, 
and no hope lifts itself above the grave, then indeed does life 
become a failure. And the greatest of all responsibilities of 
man for man is that which calls upon him to take note of the 
spiritual life of his brother, and make the latter's environment, 
opportunities and hope such as will lift to a higher life. Never 
in the history of the race has this responsibility been more 
clearly recognized or more fully met. Consider all the relig- 
ious work of the world, the churches and Sunday-schools, the 
far-reaching missionary enterprises, the many organizations 
like the Brotherhood of St. Andrew, aiming to reach the daily 
life and fill it with more of the spirit of Christ. Look beyond 
the millions of dollars expended to the many thousands of 
earth's noblest men and women busy in this work, and then 
tell me what in human life gives better promise for the future 
of the race? In this is the fullest answer to the question, 
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One other thought. "The White Man's Burden" sings the 
EngHsh poet. Rightly understood the phrase is profoundly 
true. To whom much is given, of him shall much be required. 
Yet it may be misunderstood. Responsibility rests not upon 
one race or one class but upon all. The motto of the labor 
organizations "each for all and all for each" is one never to be 
forgotten. While they v^'ho are in any v^ay richly endowed 
owe much in consequence thereof to their fellows and their 
responsibility is great, yet there is no man so low in the scale 
of being as to be under no responsibility for others. Whatever 
in the way of helpfulness is within the power of any one it is 
his duty as well as his privilege to do and give, and only as all 
without exception respond to the full measure of this duty will 
be realized on earth the blessed truth of the Fatherhood of God 
and the Brotherhood of man. 

Do you ask reward ? Let Abou Ben Adhem answer. 

Abou Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase) 

Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace, 

And saw, within the moonlight in his room, 

Making it rich, and like a lily in bloom, 

An angel writing in a book of gold : 

Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold. 

And to the presence in the room he said, 

"What writest thou ?" The vision raised its head. 

And, with a look made of all sweet accord. 

Answered, "The names of those who love the Lord." 

"And is mine one?" said Abou. "Nay, not so," 

Replied the angel. Abou spoke more low. 

But cheerily still ; and said, "I pray thee, then. 

Write me as one who loves his fellowmen." 

The angel wrote and vanished. The next night 

It came again with a great wakening light. 

And showed the names whom love of God had blessed, 

And lo ! Ben Adhem's name led all the rest. 



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aDDre$0 of jFatftet Mlaggett 

It is beginning to be late for the boys, who have had a long 
and eventful day, and, therefore, let me leave one word with 
the boys who are here, and particularly the boys of the Brother- 
hood, so that they may feel free, if they wish, to skip the rest 
of my address. Let the boys remember this, and especially 
the older boys, that once Jesus Christ, our Saviour and God, 
was not only a boy ; there was a time when he was a big boy, 
was in company where he was bigger than the rest of the boys. 
He was often the biggest boy in the room, the biggest boy by 
the river side at bathing or at fishing; the biggest boy in the 
village streets, when the games ran high at night. And let 
every boy who is young say, "When I am a big boy, may 
Jesus Christ make me like Himself, when He was a big boy," 
and let every one who is a big boy now ask himself whether 
he does for the other boys, what Jesus Christ would do, shows 
them His example, tells them those stories, keeps before them 
that kind of life that Jesus Christ, our Lord, did really, day 
by day, during the years when He was a big boy and growing 
to be a young man, show to the other boys near Him. Or, if 
you want to remember this and to know how you ought to 
behave to a younger boy or to a boy a little less than yourself 
in age or strength, there is a perfectly simple rule — you remem- 
ber that he is your brother and you behave to him as if he 
were your mother's son. You need not listen to the rest of my 
address if you will only remember that Jesus, our Lord, was 
a great, strong, strapping, growing boy at one time, stronger 
than most of the boys that He met. You are to behave as He 
did, and you do it by remembering about every boy that he is 
your brother, and you treat him as you would wish to treat, 
when you come to die, your mother's son. 

Now, I wish to say a few words upon the same line as my 
Bishop about the extension of the Brotherhood to wider and 



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wider fields of religious action and to more and more remote 
issues of human life. If I speak upon the same subject you 
must forgive me, though my voice is a poor echo of his, for 
this subject of social reform is a subject which occupies all the 
time and mind of every thinking man in England. We can 
think of nothing else in Christ and we can but seldom speak 
without thinking of this. I want, therefore, once more to go 
on to the point which he led you to, of thinking of those social 
duties towards which your Brotherhood must continually 
stretch out its effort and wishes, if it is to live and thrive, and 
there are many here who are not of the Brotherhood and to 
them also my words I address, and they are fit. 

So, first, I do not stand here to urge upon you the respon- 
sibility of man for man. We rejoice with you because you 
have accepted it, and in Christ, indeed, it is totally impossible 
for any thinking man to avoid the knowledge of this responsi- 
bility. You can no more be a Christian without helping your 
brother and doing, not something for him, but all you can, 
you can no more do this than you can find a lump of steel 
and heat it to red heat, and yet keep it so that it will not ignite 
shavings of straw or cotton, when it is plunged into an inflam- 
mable mass. The metal which is heated white must kindle all 
the fuel within reach, and the man who is in Christ, who has 
any love for Christ, for Christ was God and God is love, must 
necessarily work upon and for all the human material, all 
the spiritual material, within his reach. The day when you 
can find a real Christian who is not a real missionary is the 
same day as the one upon which you will find a red hot 
coal which will not light paper or cotton or chips. The fire 
must run if it is there, and it will run wherever there is fuel, 
that is to say, wherever there is work to do, and it will not 
exhaust itself by spreading any more than the fire goes out 
from having fuel added to it. The fire spreads from one par- 
cel of fuel to another and the fire becomes stronger as it 
spreads; and the love of God must spread from one work to 
another, from one development of human life to the next, and 



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it grows in power as it spreads. The way to put out a fire 
is to confine it, and the way to put out a spiritual movement 
is to limit its extent. Exclusion always results in the decay 
of the unit selected for exclusive preservation. When a thing 
is alive, and you think to keep it better by keeping it alone, 
you know that life will go and presently the form itself will 
decay. You can only keep a thing whole while you shut it up 
on the condition that you are content that it should be a dead 
thing. Your work, then, is quite sure to grow from class to 
class, from range to range of work, and you take in interests 
and activities which, at the present time, seem to be separated 
from what is commonly called religious activity. 

So, let me take just three points to lead up to this conclu- 
sion which I tell you beforehand, that you may know what it 
is I wish you to come to. First, there are no passengers at 
all in the Church as it is designed by Christ. It is not in- 
tended that there should be working members and other mem- 
bers living on their work. As St. Paul said, "if a man will 
not work neither shall he eat," so also with regard to the bread 
of life, Christ makes no offer of it to us excepting on the con- 
ditions that we should work in His kingdom and fight in His 
army — there are no passengers. 

There is especially no parlor car and those who imagine 
that they are traveling towards eternity in up-to-date seats in 
a parlor car, shut out, not only from the toil, but also from 
the dust and discomfort and crowd of the journey, are simply 
the victims of delusion. They are sitting upon the platform 
of the station in a hypnotic trance, under the fallacious sugges- 
tion that they are getting home, and they have never so much 
as boarded the train. They are the victims of hypnotic sug- 
gestion; there is not any parlor car in the Church at all, and 
there are no passengers, however comfortable. The thing does 
not go by steam ; it has to be dragged like a coach I was once in 
in South Africa where the rule was that the first class passen- 
gers might sit if they liked, at the hill, but the second class 
passengers must shove behind. All of us in the Church have 



126 Cfte aD Dresses 

to shove behind, for there are no forces outside of ourselves. 
The holy Angels, you say, are outside of ourselves, but the 
victory of the Angels is wrought in human flesh. When St. 
John, in this morning's epistle, saw there was war in heaven 
and victory in heaven, it was because he saw in Rome sacrifices 
made of human flesh; it was the blood of the martyrs which 
won the victory of St. Michael ; it was the endurance of the 
virgins which was the testimony of Jesus, and it was down 
there in that filthy, horrible suffering of blood and dirt that the 
heavenly victory of the bright sword of Michael was accom- 
plished. The Angels themselves who love us fight our battles 
in our midst and we must fight along with them — there are no 
passengers. 

Secondly, if we are to do our part in the work, we must do 
it by reason of a community of life. What makes a man an 
American? Does a man become an American when he ad- 
mires your glorious country; when he loves the very sight of 
an American man; when he feels as if he must come once a 
quarter for a fortnight's visit ? Does a man become an Ameri- 
can by admiring America? If that were so. there would be no 
other nationality left. A man is an American by community 
of real life, and a man is a Christian, not by admiring Jesus 
or by coveting His tasks and offices, or by wanting to do his 
work apart from Him, but is a Christian because he lives by 
Jesus and Jesus is in him ; his life belongs to Christ and Christ 
belongs to him. And this so truly that by our limbs and 
brains He effects His heavenly and eternal purpose on earth. 
The very call to special service for any particular life, the 
call of God to us, does not fall from heaven through the air; 
the call of God does not travel by wire through electricity 
nor pass in more delicate vibration through the ether; the call 
of God is along the track of nerve; it flows from the head 
to the member by the continuity of the nerve in the body. We 
know what we are to do, because we are living faithfully in the 
body. To be sure, then, if you desire to work for Christ, if 
you live in the body of Christ by the body and life of Christ, 
and then, lastly, if you desire to live in Christ and to work for 



g^an'0 Ut^pon^itilitp tot Q^an 127 

Christ, you must do all things which are good, for you can do 
all things through Christ that strengtheneth you. If there 
were some things which you could not do, there would be some 
things which Christ could not do, for you can do all things 
that He can do. And if there were some things that Christ 
can not do, He would not be King and Sovereign of the uni- 
verse ; He would not be our Lord and God Almighty. He can 
do all things and you can do all things which require to be 
done by Christ that strengtheneth you. 

But you must be looking forward to get out and go fur- 
ther; to take hold of deeper parts of life. You now get men 
into the Church ; you now get men into the Brotherhood ; you 
now try to do good to the next man : but the life of Christ 
goes in ever widening circles of co-ordination. There is no 
Christian who can live unless he is serving his circle; there 
is no circle which can survive unless it is serving the State; 
there is no State which can endure unless it is serving the 
Union and, also, there is no union, however majestic in its 
almost unspeakable might, which can endure excepting in so far 
as it is serving the world, living on the past, and slaving for 
the future, slaving for the races far beyond the seas. There 
is no exclusion which does not mean death, and the man is 
never himself excepting as he acts. Therefore, this Brother- 
hood and this Church must act. It is not enough to bring men 
into the Church. It is not enough for the Church to desire 
to be strong unless it desires to be strong for that which is 
not the Church, and there is, indeed, no way in which the 
Church serves humanity excepting by joining men to herself. 
She is no lady bountiful to fling out alms. She can only 
bring them in ; but still she must bring them in from outside, 
and must be working for all their interests, for all their inter- 
ests so far as they are true. She must not be so anxious to 
make them churchmen as to forget that she has to make the 
Church useful to all men in all things, for purity, for health, 
for knowledge, for order, for justice, for freedom in all things 
in all ways. "Thyself and thy belongings are not thine own ; 



128 Ci)e aDDre!50e0 

so appear as to waste thyself upon thy virtue, they on thee. 
Heaven doth with us as we with torches do, not light them 
for themselves. Spirits are not finely touched but to fine is- 
sues," and it is no matter of service to them that we belong 
to Christ, unless, as a whole body, we are longing, like Christ, 
to die for the world. "For God so loved the world that He 
gave His only begotten Son that whosoever believeth on Him 
might not perish but have everlasting life." 

We also have to die and Jesus can not be a dream, an idyl. 
He must be brought into practice day by day. He must be 
made to act in your spirit, He must be made to act in your 
every day life, in your ward. If there is tyranny in your 
ward you can not bear it because you belong to Christ who 
hates tyranny. If there is corruption in your city, in your bor- 
ough, you can not hear it, for Christ can not bear it and you 
belong to Him, and you are there to cure it by dying. When 
Michael with his bright sword turned the dragon out of Heaven 
it was because a poor girl in Rome when asked to be faithless 
to purity and not to say she belonged to Jesus and to burn a 
grain of incense to Caesar, refused. That was a stroke of 
Michael's sword ; that was the victory of the Lord, but it was 
not to be one unless she was ready to die. You know how it is 
with soldiers. No soldier can have the smallest success who 
can not take the most insignificant position ; who can not turn 
out half a squad of Boers from the smallest kopje in the ad- 
vance of the army; who is unwilling at every moment in the 
advance, at every stumble of his horse, to die for success in 
the small endeavor. Does he think of health, money, peace 
of mind, wife, children, or even life ? No. He can not mount 
and speed up the kopje unless he is willing to die. There is 
no movement of an army under fire which can be effective 
unless every man in the ranks is willing to part with all he 
has. There is no victory for Christ over injustice and lies 
and industrial tyranny and the bestiality of the horrible vice 
which is the foul furnace where men are burned in the fires 
made of innocent women ; — there is no victory in these unless 



^an'$ iae$pon0iftilitp for Qian 129 

every man is prepared to die. You have a great roaring 
furnace in your country in New York, in Chicago, wherever 
you go, a great brass furnace of Mammon — nothing to do 
with the human passion — it has to do with the lust of gold. 
There is a lasting fire for silly men kept up by the priceless 
fuel of women's lives and if you are to do anything against 
it, you must strike your knuckles until they bleed, for it is 
there you must put your hand in the fire. I am talking from 
an English point of view, and perhaps you have no such 
horrors here, no industrial injustice, no horrible tyrannies of 
grief and vice, and if you have not then I invite you over to 
London to help my Bishop and me. Come over to help us. 
We have plenty to do and we want all men to come. 

You said just now that the blessings abound wherever Jesus 
reigns. You think those words are a test of what Jesus can 
do, but I think they are a test of whether He is there. You say : 

"Blessings abound where'er He reigns," 
and you think they are there because you sing of them. I 
say, can He reign where blessings do not abound? If He is 
here blessings abound. Hear it in those tones : 
"Blessings abound where'er He reigns, 

The prisoner leaps to burst his chains ; 

The weary find eternal rest. 

And all the sons of want are blessed." 
Is my Jesus here, then? Does He reign? I leave this for 
you as a memorandum of man's responsibility for man. 










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CANON McKIM 
THOS. HYDE, Esq., Treasurer 

CANON HARDING 



BISHOP SATTERLEE 



CANON De VRIES 

GENERAL WILSON, SECRETARY 
CANON BRATENAHL 











LAY MEMBERS OF THE CHAPTER 



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DR. G.LMAN ADMIRAL DEWEY 

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3fmpr?0atattB wxh 
KppvtmtxanB 



jftom tlje Hi0|)t EeUetettD Daniel ^» tlLmtlt, 2).H)., 

xx.H)., 15101)0? of ^i0$ouri, Pre0itiing 15i0i)op 

of t!)e Cf)UtcJ) in tije OniteD ^tate0 

The Laying of the Foundation Stone of Washington Ca- 
thedral on the noon of St. Michael and All Angel's Day seemed 
to me an extremely instructive ceremony. Deep down in the 
yielding, though shielding, earth the stone was placed, a 
sure symbol of the stability and strength which are to char- 
acterize alike the upbuilt fabric itself, and the important work 
for God and man centering in it and outgrowing from it. The 
presence of the Marine Band in help to the music, and the 
speech of the President, demonstrated that Church and State 
with us, if untied of any entangling alliances, may yet be 
united in worship of God and service of men. 

The more than three score of bishops present and the hun- 
dreds of clergy and the hundreds on hundreds of choristers 
manifested the earnest and pervasive interest of the whole 
American Church in the magnificent work which the Bishop 
of Washington has in hand to do under God's helping Provi- 
dence. The responsive greeting of the Lord Bishop of London 
to the speech of the President witnessed that living and loving 
sympathy with this work is not limited to our own land. The 
long and orderly procession, the massed multitudes attendant, 
the hymns and prayers and words of exhortation, and the 
courteous clouds themselves, retiring after a few tear drops of 
rain as if abashed with shame and regret that they had ever 
thought of interrupting such a beautiful service, made it to be 
a wonderful noonday ceremony indeed. 

Then the splendid features were duplicated in the afternoon. 
The faithful brothers of St. Andrew gathered in crowded 



134 3mpte00ions! anD 3[pptedation0 

ranks; the State was present to stand by the Church in the 
address of one of her most distinguished jurists; and the 
Bishop of London helped again with his own rousing words 
and by the speech of one of the most eloquent of the preach- 
ers of his great city; and so the marching and the music and 
the voices and the hearts and the faith and hope and love of 
the thousands assembled made the whole day to be one of 
thanks and of service and of instruction never to be forgotten. 



jFtom tfje ^ost Eeuetenti OBnos: i^uttall, b.H).. 

lBi$bo^ of Jamaica, arc!)lJis!i)op of 

m mt^t UnDies 

Considered as a great function its organization was effective, 
and the carrying out of all the varied arrangements appeared 
to be perfect in every detail. The whole plan and substance 
of the service conveyed the impression of simplicity, complete- 
ness, dignity, and devotion. It was a great honor and privilege 
to share in such a service. 

The immense gathering in all respects befitted the occasion. 
Of course it consisted of people occupying various positions in 
the city of Washington; but particular mention may be made 
of its representative character. An Englishman who is not 
especially interested in any American politics, but who (with 
millions of his countrymen) has learnt to appreciate and ad- 
mire such a chief citizen and such a courageous and fearless 
leader and ruler of the American nation as President Roose- 
velt, may be allowed here to express his gratification that on 
this memorable occasion the President was able to be present, 
and thus appropriately to represent the Government and the 
whole American people. Most of the American Bishops of 
our Communion were present, and several of the Missionary 
Bishops; and probably every State in the Union and every 
Diocese of the Church was represented both by Clergy and 
Laity. The Canadian Church was suitably represented by 



arcf)lii0f)op n^uttall 135 

visiting Bishops, Clergy and Laymen. The Mother Church 
of England was strongly represented. First there was the 
Bishop of London, whose name is dear to English Churchmen 
everywhere. Next there was the Bishop of St. Alban's, one 
of the most experienced, influential and trusted prelates of the 
English Church. There was Bishop Montgomery, who repre- 
sented the venerable Society for the Propagation of the Gos- 
pel which had early and long connection with the American 
Church ; and he was also a real representative of the Mission- 
ary aspect of the life of the English Church in all communities. 
And there were Mr. G. A. King and the other laymen who 
came as representatives of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew in 
England and Scotland. By myself and Mr. G. T. Armstrong, 
the Jamaica layman who accompanied me, the Church's work 
in the West Indies was represented both in its Colonial aspects 
and in its relations to the colored and black people in these 
regions. 

The service and the character of the assembly may be taken 
as expressing the position, and forecasting the work and use- 
fulness, of this Cathedral in future. As an outsider it appears 
to me that Washington is certain to become a great center of 
influence and population as the Capital of the nation. Other 
capital cities in the union have developed chiefly on commer- 
cial lines and for commercial reasons; and their institutions 
embody and express the loyalty of the people to their State, 
and their pride in it. In America there appears to me to be 
among local residents the same afifection for and pride in the 
particular State to which they belong as there has always been 
in England regarding the County. But I conjecture that the 
city of Washington will be more and more the gathering place 
of the people in their corporate capacity as a nation; and the 
American people of every State will take pride in the city of 
Washington as the Englishman from any County does in the 
city of London. And the Washington Cathedral of St. Peter 
and St. Paul is fitted by its associations and its position to 
become something more than a Diocesan Cathedral. It will 



136 3mpte00ions anD appteciation0 

probably come to be what St. Peter's, Westminster, and St. 
Paul's, London, conjointly are to England, a great center of 
national and religious influence, a gathering place not only 
of the members of our own religious community, but of Chris- 
tians of many other names joining in common efforts to pro- 
mote the national well-being on its spiritual side. 

What perhaps impressed me most of all was this : That in 
that great assembly and the objects for which it had met, were 
embodied and made manifest the fact of the potency of mental 
influence, and the supremacy of the spiritual over the material. 
In the mind of the honored head of the Diocese of Washington, 
Bishop Satterlee, the great purpose of the Cathedral was con- 
ceived, and the design and aims thereof planned. His faith, 
his courage, his devotion, his forethought, his practical in- 
fluence and energy have carried forward the idea from point to 
point, and from step to step, till it has taken visible shape in the 
selection and securing of a superb site and position; in the 
erection of various important building accessory to the main 
design and work; in his securing and adopting of plans for a 
magnificent Cathedral ; and in the laying of the foundations 
thereof. May he live long enough to inspire, and stimulate, 
and direct the progress of this work, and to see the whole 
Cathedral steadily progressing towards completion, and at 
least the principal sections of it in daily use as a place of 
prayer and a center of holy teaching. 

jFromtJje WiU meti* dBDtoatD 9^. parket, h).d,, 
'Bi0^op CoaDjutor of Jl^eto ^amp0!)ire 

The laying of the foundation stone of the Cathedral in 
Washington on Saint Michael and All Angels' Day, was the 
first great public service in which I took part after my con- 
secration as a Bishop, twenty months before. I have been at 
services several times in New Hampshire with another bishop, 
and at the General Theological Seminary in New York, at 
its Commencement, six or seven Bishops were present, of whom 



IBisftop Parker 137 

I was one. But the great function on September 29th, when I 
found myself near the front rank of the long succession of 
sixty or more Bishops, was impressive to me in a special sense, 
because I had never before had a share in any great service 
where the Church was represented as a whole. 

And yet, 1 do not think that the special impression made on 
me was due only to this cause. A few days later, at Rich- 
mond, one felt again and again the national, or the world- 
wide character of the great meetings connected with the Gen- 
eral Convention. To find one's self a unit in the House of 
Bishops, representing Latin America, Asia and Africa as well 
as the United States, or to take part as a worshipper in that 
marvelous service when, in the early morning, hundreds of 
men made their Communion when the Men's Thank Offering 
was put upon the altar, or to have a part in the great mission- 
ary services at the Auditorium, gave one much of that which 
one had at Washington. But yet, the services on that day 
had their own special significance. 

Nor do the addresses stand out chiefly in my mind as I 
think calmly over the impressions of September 29th. It was 
much on one day to listen to the Bishop of London and the 
President of the United States ; to hear a Justice of the Su- 
preme Court address thousands of Americans in the open air, 
and an English monk speak to the men and boys before him ; 
but not one of the helpful words which one heard can be 
thought of as the special impression which the day made. 

Nor, again, was it merely the huge crowd of worshippers. 
As I try to tell Sunday-school children in New Hampshire 
something of the marvel of those great congregations, I can 
still feel the thrill of a familiar hymn sung by ten thousand 
people, or recall the exhilaration of watching the seemingly 
endless procession of vested men and boys as they passed up 
from the amphitheatre and disappeared over the brow of the 
hill, while we waited patiently for the time when the bishops 
must rise to close the procession. 

One can not forget the singing of "The Church's One Foun- 



138 Smpresgions! anD appteciationg 

dation" by the huge crowd of the morning, nor one's exultation 
in joining in the chorus of the great missionary hymn, "O Sion, 
haste, thy mission high fulfihing" ; but it was not hymns nor the 
measured strains of the Marine Band that impressed one most. 

Now, again, is it the careful organization of the day's ser- 
vices, the orderly management by the Cathedral staff and the 
Washington police force, that one thinks of. All was so well 
planned, and so carefully thought out, that it seemed an easy 
and a simple thing to have a great out-of-door service, to 
marshal choir boys and clergy and crowds of visitors. All 
went so smoothly and so well that one felt that anyone could 
manage a crowd of ten thousand people, and get them quietly 
into their places, and keep their enthusiasm and interest at 
fever heat, in spite of threatening showers or long times of 
quiet listening by standing crowds. 

No. Each of these things helped, and each left its own 
definite impression; but they all somehow combined in that 
which one remembers best — the impression of a great national 
gathering at the center of a Nation's life. The Bishop Coadju- 
tor of New Hampshire was not there simply as a guest, as 
he might be if it were only a Diocese of Washington. He, and 
the New Hampshire clergyman who was with him, and the 
New Hampshire worker at the Naval Observatory who came 
to see him in the morning, and the two New Hampshire dele- 
gates to the St. Andrew's Brotherhood Convention who came 
running up to greet him as he crossed the Cathedral grounds to 
join the procession — all had a right and a share in the Dis- 
trict of Columbia, with its national associations, which they 
could hardly have felt at any other spot. 

And that which was true for men of little New Hampshire, 
with its Revolutionary associations and its 17th century Colo- 
nial history, applied just as truly and really to the citizens 
of the most new and unformed community of the West, to the 
great Middle States, to the South, and the Pacific coast. Some- 
how we met at Washington on an equality, and I had a vision 
of what was to be as I passed into the space where the Cathe- 



EetJ* ^m* Wi. I^untington 139 

dral is to stand, and noted the stately length of the nave and 
the entrance to the chancel, and as I went on to the spot where 
the sanctuary and the altar are to stand. There was a feeling^ 
that the great and noble Cathedral which is to crown the 
heights of Washington, stood in a special and splendid way 
for the blessing brought to national life by the work of the 
Church of Christ ; that the great crowds, each unit of them 
taking up the words of a familiar hymn, and the President of 
the country, and the long line of Bishops, and the view of the 
distant Capitol — all combined to bring- home to one's heart and 
one's mind the vision of what the Cathedral at Washington 
will be — a splendid House of God, belonging to a diocese, but 
belonging, because it stands at the center of national life, as no 
other cathedral can belong, to the whole people ; a place where, 
in a special way, New Hampshire and Texas, North Carolina 
and Oregon, can meet with, as it were, equal rights of worship 
and prayer. It was a vision of throngs of Americans passing 
under the great western portals, of the Church's blessing on 
the Nation's life, the thought of all that the Church could 
bring from its past, of glorious architecture, and inspiration, 
and stately worship, of sacrament and of truth, to bless at its 
center the men and women who year by year come to the Na- 
tion's capital. 

jFtom tf)e Eeti^ ^m, E* l^untington, b.d., Eectot 
of (g^race Cjjurcf), Il5eto gotfe 

Of the many pleasant impressions made on my mind by the 
events of Michaelmas Day at Mount St. Alban, there was one 
which I think will outlast all others. Never before had I seen 
the possibility of popularizing the Episcopal Church so clearly 
demonstrated. Hitherto we have been able, as a communion, 
to make our boast of many things, but scarcely of numbers. Our 
fellow Christians of other names have credited us with ex- 
cellent qualities, and have been good enough to say that our in- 
fluence far outran what might be expected from our position 



I40 3mpre00foni9i anD apprecfatfon0 

in the census tables. I am no blind worshipper of mere nu- 
merosity. In fact, I rather incline to pin my faith to the 
"remnant." All the same, it was cheering to a believer in the 
national Church of the future to witness, at the national capital, 
so tremendous an outpouring of all sorts and conditions of 
men. 

Moreover, I am convinced that great significance attaches 
to the fact that it was a cathedral function which kindled such a 
widespread enthusiasm. Probably hundreds, if not thousands, 
of those who gathered at the laying of the foundation stone 
were non-churchgoers. It was the ecclesiastical hospitality 
which somehow the word "Cathedral" suggests that attracted 
them. In all of our large cities, there is a steadily increasing 
population of unattached Christians. They live, for the most 
part, concealed in "flats," and are exceedingly inaccessible to 
the shepherds of souls. I believe that the cathedrals which are 
springing up all over the country have a special ministry to 
these lost sheep, and will draw them out of their hiding places 
more effectively than any magnet that has yet been tried. This 
is the thought that I carried away with me from the Mount. 

jFrom CI)oma$ j[3el$on page, aB$q» 
"a Spiritual ©ome of tfje People*" 

I The laying of the corner-stone of a great cathedral must be 
to all thinking men an occasion for serious reflection; for it 
Imust fill their hearts with a sense of the mightiness of the 
I Universal Fatherhood of God. The most enduring and 
spiritual of the material monuments of men which have sur- 
vived the passage of time are the temples which men have 
erected from age to age to their God. Where other monu- 
ments, however vast and magnificent, have perished, these have 
survived, venerable even in their ruins; and often they have 
in their dilapidation retained the spiritual after the material 
has passed away. Even the pyramids of Egypt contained 
something of the sacredness of the temple, for Pharaoh became 
deified in the minds of his subjects, and the aspiration for per- 



Ctjomasi Il5el0on page 141 

manence was allied to, if not based upon, the aspiration for 
Immortality. Where the civilizations alike of Egypt, of Greece 
and of Rome have passed away or merged into that whose 
foundation was the worship of the Most High God, the sacred 
temples which sprang from them yet tower above the Nile, the 
Ionian Sea and the Tiber, as though to prove that man's spirit- 
ual aspirations are the only lasting portion of his being. 
Throughout that long period when the whole civilized and 
uncivilized world were given over to war and rapine, in which 
the loftiest principles of men appeared to find an outlet 
only through their evil passions, well-nigh the one surviving 
material portion of their work which yet remains to us is 
that manifestation of the uplifting of the soul which we find 
in the great cathedrals of Europe. 

The castle with its keep and dungeon was the expression of 
man's warring forces. The cathedral and its spire or tower 
were the expression of man's devotion to something higher than 
even power and the gratification of his will. Throughout the 
countries settled and civilized by the Westerner, under the con- 
quering sign of the Cross they soar, and after the sweep of 
the ages yet have a spiritual significance, not only for the pres- 
ent, but also (for coming time. About them stand the churches 
with their villages clustered around them, each church repre- 
senting the ministration to the spiritual needs of its immediate 
people, as the cathedral ministers to the needs of that larger 
congregation represented in the diocese and the province. The 
times have changed, the conditions from which these cathedrals 
sprang have changed ; the Church under whose dominion most 
of the cathedrals were erected has become divided into different 
branches — a division caused by men ; but the spirit which God 
breathed into His Universal Church has suffered no division. 
One and eternal it remains for ever, untouched by the passions 
and contentions of puny men, potent to save all who trust in 
Him. The secular or temporal power of the Church has been 
largely diminished, and must in time wholly pass away. Yet 
these cathedrals stand as memorials, not so much to the past 
greatness of the Church, as to the unity of the spiritual side of 



142 3mpre00ion0 anti appreciations 

man's life, appealing to his spiritual nature, no matter what 
may be the form of the Christian faith which he holds, and 
calling to him throughout the ages to lift up his eyes to the 
Heavens from whence cometh his salvation. 

Thus, every cathedral appears to me to stand as representa- 
tive of the spiritual aspirations of Christendom and of all in 
Christendom who confess Christ — nay, of all who seek after 
His Truth. As towering in its structure, springing up into 
God's blue heavens, high above the heads of man, so in its 
spiritual significance, towering above their puny divisions and 
passions and contentions, it typifies the devout worship of the 
one true God, Father and Creator and Master of the Universal 
Church. 

Its very majesty and greatness, soaring aloft above all need 
for mere use ; its costliness ; its elaborate forms of design and 
decoration, so far beyond all mere temporal need, speak of the 
longing of men to approach the ideal of self-sacrifice and of 
worship. King David, prostrated for his pride, being offered 
the gift of the threshing-floor of Araunah, declared that he 
would not offer a sacrifice unto the Lord, his God, of that 
which cost him nothing. 

These great cathedrals were built by the people — founded 
in their willing sacrifices, they express in their greatness the 
greatness of their builders' devotion and piety. 

Thus, as I viewed last Autumn the great pageant which 
attended the laying of the corner-stone.of the new cathedral on 
Mount Saint Alban, overlooking ,tite 'capital of this great and 
growing nation, and have since tlmt^^time reflected* on the im- 
pressive ceremony which atten^'^Jthis act, the chief thought 
which has always come to me^HSBs first, has been that of the 
unity and the continuity of ^^RTChurch arid the breadth of 
that Christianity which meiBi^ri arSid ."thieir best designs, so 
often tend to narrow. No cerempiW^onnected with the life 
of our Church has ever seemed *-^ me more impressive or 
more significant. It was the beginning of the foundation at 
the capital of the nation of what has been well called "A Spirit- 
ual Home for all People." The official part was taken, as was 



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Cl)oma0 n5el0on page 143 

meet, by our historic Church — historic as founded first in 
almost Apostolic times among the Britons ; expanded among the 
in-pouring Danes and Saxons; absorbed for a period into the 
Roman Branch. Protestant against error and struggling back 
to its former purity and independence, it reached across the 
seas to minister to the needs of a great People. It gave to the 
occasion all of the dignity and beauty and charm of its noble 
ritual, time-honored and sanctified by the Saints through so 
many ages. Represented by a large portion of its dignitaries 
and a great body of its earnest workers and devout members, 
it brought there to honor the occasion, not only its own repre- 
sentatives, but also the highest representatives of the people 
of the United States, and among the highest representatives 
of the people of the mother country, the Bishop of London, 
the worthy successor of those who were once the metropolitans 
of the Church in this country, and other bishops of the Church 
of England. Their presence and participation in the cere- 
monial exemplified the unity of the Church. It was an occa- 
sion and a scene to stir the heart and uplift the soul. High 
above all this outward ceremonial was the spirit of the occa- 
sion, the significance of the attendance of the great throng of 
Christian people, representing every branch of the Church in 
this country, who found themselves suddenly taken out of the 
spirit of modern life, with its storm and stress, its worldliness 
and commercialism, and lifted into an atmosphere in which 
the relation of Man to God is everything; while high above 
the devout throng covering the hills and filling the glades of 
the forest, moved majestically the clouds, now closing, now 
opening again to admit the bright autumnal sunshine, and 
finally breaking away to leave the scene bathed in the beautiful 
light of a peaceful evening. 

The Unity of the Church is the dream of God's most devout 
children on earth. This dream may never be realized, so far, 
at least, as the outward manifestation is concerned ; for, while 
men differ and feel keenly, so will the eflfects of their differ- 
ences be manifested. But, so far as the substantial and essen- 
tial union of God's Church is concerned, this, I believe, is 



144 Jmpte00ioni8i and Appreciations 

steadily coming nearer. More and more all branches of the 
Church must come to hold in common the essential Truth; 
more and more, however men may oppose it, the non-essentials 
will be differentiated from those things which are of the sub- 
stance; more and more the Church must realize that its true 
power lies not in things temporal but in things spiritual, that 
its true mission is not to gain for itself, though it gain the 
whole world, but to hasten the coming of God's Kingdom on 
earth. And in bringing forward this divine consummation 
every great cathedral must perform its part; for every great 
cathedral is the expression of man's aspiration to pay meet 
sacrifice to God. Every great cathedral is a spiritual home 
of all God's people. Whether it soar beside the Tiber, the 
Seine, the Loire, the Thames, the Hudson or the Potomac; 
whether it belong by deed or grant to Roman Church, English 
Church, or American Church, in the large sense and the true 
sense it belongs to the Universal Church, whose multitude no 
man may number. 



iFrom Ji3ic|)ola0 jFettar DatJiDson, OBsq*, of 

Coronto, jFormetlp presiDent of tf)e 

IBtotttthooH of ^t AnDreto 

in CanaDa 

I esteem it high amongst the privileges of my life that I was 
able to take part in such an historic occasion for our Church as 
the laying of the foundation stone of Washington Cathedral. 
The magnificent spectacle there presented brought the dignity, 
force and power of our Church into vivid actual view. If this 
object lesson was striking to one born and brought up in close 
association with the Church, what must it have been to the 
large numbers of persons whose knowledge of the real cor- 
porate power of the Anglican Communion was possibly more 
or less hazy. As a Canadian visitor I will not soon forget the 



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wonderful situation, the ample grounds, and the large scale 
upon which everything was done, so typical of the great Re- 
public to the South of us, nor yet the presence and earnest stir- 
ring address of the Nation's President, all the more telling 
coming from one not a member of our own communion. 

Having participated in the great function of noontide, one's 
natural apprehension was lest the open air meeting of the after- 
noon, at which the Bishop of London was again to speak, might 
not seem somewhat overshadowed. That this was in no sense 
the case was a fact abundantly evident to everyone of the many 
thousands who participated in the later and just as wonderful 
service on the hillside in the afternoon. 

In the morning the dignity of the Church and of her wor- 
ship and her right to assert for herself a leading position in a 
great nation's Capital formed one's strongest impression. In 
the afternoon one saw exemplified the only way in which the 
high aspirations of the morning could be realized, namely, by 
that same Church showing her readiness to avail herself of 
every opening and opportunity, in advance of the building of 
stately churches, by going out literally into "the open," and 
preaching the gospel to the multitudes, who will always gather 
together to hear the word of eternal life, when the message is 
delivered with the earnestness and zeal which characterized the 
addresses of the afternoon at that great Brotherhood of St. 
Andrew service. 

jFtom ^t anDreto'0 Cro00, flDfficial flDrgan of tfje 

IBtotjjerfjooD of ^t 3nDteto, moUmbtt 

Bumfter, a.S). 1907 

Sunday was a very busy day for all the delegates. After the 
different Communion Services the men carefully listened to the 
Charge by the Archbishop of the West Indies, which outlined 
with great thoroughness and exactness the principles of the 
Brotherhood and their application. Then followed at 12 p. m. 
the laying of the foundation stone of the great Washing- 
ton Cathedral that is to be. Few who were at this ceremony 



146 3mpte0Sion0 anD 3ppteciation0 

returned to the city, but many thousands more were present at 
the Brotherhood Mass Meeting on the grounds of the Cathe- 
dral which began at 3.15. The attendance was estimated at 
from twenty to twenty-five thousand. The greatest credit and 
praise must be given to the Bishop of Washington, and his ad- 
visers and helpers, for the wonderful thoroughness with which 
all the details of these great meetings were so splendidly 
planned. In processions which included perhaps a thousand 
in vestments and the participation in the different services of 
such a vast multitude, every detail had been foreseen and 
arranged and provided for with the greatest care. It would 
be almost useless and in fact space would not permit us to at- 
tempt here to give any description of these meetings. The 
ideal amphitheatre, the platform on which sat some sixty or 
seventy Bishops, the inspiring music led by the United States 
Marine Band in vestments, and the attentive thousands, must 
all be imagined by the reader if he wishes to realize the scene. 
The photographs which we reproduce will also assist him. A 
St. Louis delegate .expressed the feelings of many present when 
he described it, perhaps not with the greatest reverence, as "the 
greatest show he had ever seen in his life or ever hoped to see." 
Apart entirely from its religious significance it was an unusual 
and magnificent spectacle. Once again the Bishop of London 
spoke directly to the hearts of all who heard him. His praise of 
the Brotherhood was perhaps as great as has ever come from 
one in such high position, while his unqualified recommendation 
of religious work for boys by boys themselves and his direct 
suggestion that the preponderating part and responsibility be 
given to the boys, ought to convince some of the critics in the 
American Church that this must be the inevitable result of 
any one who has ever had practical experience in this kind of 
work with boys. We fear most of our critics have not such 
experience and are not therefore qualified to speak. Justice 
Brewer's well reasoned address was carefully listened to, while 
Father Waggett's impetuous and compelling eloquence won the 
most eager hearing from the many thousands who had still re- 
mained, although darkness was beginning to fall. 



Ham 




BISHOPS PRESENT 




BISHOPS PRESENT 



S^gtBter of Staljnpjs ^r^s^nt 

Cfte Cljutcl) in tfte OniteD States 

Rt. Rev. Daniel Sylvester Tuttle, Missouri, 

Rt. Rev. William Croswell Doane, Albany. 

Rt. Rev. John Scarborough, New Jersey. 

Rt. Rev. Leigh Richmond Brewer, Montana. 

Rt. Rev. Cortlandt Whitehead, Pittsburg, 

Rt. Rev. William David Walker, Western New York, 

Rt. Rev. William Paret, Maryland. 

Rt. Rev. George Worthington, Nebraska. 

Rt. Rev. James Steptoe Johnston, West Texas. 

Rt. Rev. John Mills Kendrick, New Mexico and Arizona. 

Rt. Rev. Anson Rogers Graves, Laramie. 

Rt. Rev. Cleland Kinloch Nelson, Georgia. 

Rt. Rev. George Herbert Kinsolving, Texas. 

Rt. Rev. Lemuel Henry Wells, Spokane. 

Rt. Rev. William Crane Gray, Southern Florida. 

Rt. Rev. F. K. Brooke, Oklahoma and Indian Territory. 

Rt. Rev. Thomas Frank Gailor, Tennessee. 

Rt. Rev. William Lawrence, Massachusetts. 

Rt. Rev. Joseph Blount Cheshire, North Carolina. 

Rt. Rev. Frank Rosebrook Millspaugh, Kansas. 

Rt. Rev. Lewis William Burton, Lexington. 

Rt. Rev. Joseph Horsfall Johnson, Los Angeles. 

Rt. Rev. Henry Yates Satterlee, Washington. 

Rt. Rev. James Dow Morrison, Duluth. 

Rt. Rev. Robert Atkinson Gibson, Virginia. 

Rt. Rev. William Neilson McVickar, Rhode Island. 

Rt. Rev. Samuel Cook Edsall, Minnesota. 

Rt. Rev. James Bowen Funsten, Boise. 

Rt. Rev. Joseph Marshall Francis, Indianapolis. 

Rt. Rev. Arthur Llewellyn Williams, Coadjutor, Nebraska. 



150 Eegister of 15i0|)op0 

Rt. Rev. William Loyall Gravatt, Coadjutor, West Virginia. 

Rt. Rev. Robert Codman, Maine. 

Rt. Rev. Charles Palmerston Anderson, Chicago. 

Rt. Rev. Cameron Mann, North Dakota. 

Rt. Rev. Frederick William Keator, Olympia. 

Rt. Rev. Charles Sanford Olmsted, Colorado. 

Rt. Rev. Charles Tyler Olmsted, Central New York. 

Rt. Rev. Sheldon Munson Griswold, Salina. 

Rt. Rev. Robert Strange, East Carolina. 

Rt. Rev. Franklin Spencer Spalding, Salt Lake, 

Rt. Rev. Charles Edward Woodcock, Kentucky. 

Rt. Rev. James Henry Darlington, Harrisburg. 

Rt. Rev. Edward M. Parker, Coadjutor, New Hampshire. 

Rt. Rev. J. N. McCormick, Coadjutor, Western Michigan. 

Rt. Rev. William Walter Webb, Milwaukee. 

Rt. Rev. Charles Scadding, Oregon. 

Rt. Rev. Beverley D. Tucker, Coadjutor, Southern Virginia. 

Cl)e Cl)utc!) of dBnglanD 

Rt. Hon. and Rt. Rev. A. F. Winnington-Ingram, London. 
Rt. Rev. Edgar Jacob, St. Albans. 
Rt. Rev. Henry H. Montgomery, Secretary of S. P. G. 
(Fonnerly Bishop of Tasmania.) 

Ci)e Cl)urc|) in Canatia 

Rt. Rev. Wm. Day Reeve, Bishop of Mackenzie River. 
Rt. Rev. A. Hunter Dunn, Bishop of Quebec. 
Rt. Rev. Wm. Lennox Mills, Bishop of Ontario. 

Clje C!)urc|) in tbt meet 3nDie0 

Most Rev. Enos Nuttall, Archbishop of the West Indies. 
Rt. Rev. James H. Van Buren, Bishop of Porto Rico. 



iae0i0tet of IBigfjops 151 

Ci)e Cljurci) in Africa 

Rt. Rev. Samuel David Ferguson, Bishop of Cape Palmas. 

C|)e Cfturc!) in Cftina 

Rt. Rev. Frederick Rogers Graves, Bishop of Shanghai. 

Cl)e Cf)urc|) in JIapan 

Rt. Rev. John McKim, Bishop of Tokyo. 

Rt. Rev. Sidney CatHn Partridge, Bishop of Kyoto, 

Cfje Cljurc!) in ^eiico 

Rt. Rev. Henry Damorel Aves, Bishop of Mexico. 

C|)e Cburcl) in ^outJ) America 

Rt. Rev. Lucien Lee Kinsolving, Bishop of Southern Brazil. 

Cl)e Cl)urc|) in tU Philippines 

Rt. Rev. Charles H. Brent, Bishop of the Philippine Islands. 

In addition to these bishops, representing all parts of the 
world, there were many presbyters from many dioceses of our 
Communion, including the Archdeacons of Alaska and Pan- 
ama, and a presbyter from Australia. The Church in Scotland 
was represented by a prominent layman, Arthur Giles, Esq., of 
the city and diocese of Edinburgh. 




BISHOPS PRESENT 




BISHOPS PRESENT 



ORDER OF CEREMONIES 
WASHINGTON CATHEDRAL 



Feast of St. Michael and All Angels 
Sunday, September 29th, A. D. 1907 



Laying of the Foundation Stone. 12 o'clock, Noon 

FIRST. 

1. Officiating Bishops will vest in the Little Sanctuary. 

2. All other Bishops will vest in St. Alban's rectory. 

3. All other clergy will vest in St. Alban's Church. 

4. The Cathedral Chapter will meet in the vestry room of St. Alban's. 

5. The Cathedral Council will meet in the vestry room of St. Alban's. 

6. The Lay Readers will vest in St. Alban's Church. 

7. The Choirs will vest in the new Choir School. 

8. The Marine Band will vest in the new Choir School. 

SECOND. 

A. The procession will be formed in column of fours (except the Cathedral 
Qiapter and the Bishops who will be in column of twos) on the north side 
of St. Alban's Church at fifteen minutes before twelve. The Band will play 
Mendelssohn's "Hymn of Praise" promptly at 12 o'clock, the prayer will be 
said, the processional hymn will be played over by the band, then the pro- 
cession will move singing; at the end of each part of the processional there will 
be a moment's rest, a chord will be sounded by the band, whereupon the 
next part will be sung, the procession moving. In case it is necessary to 
repeat, we will begin again with the first part. 



ABSOLUTE SILENCE FROM ALL CONVERSATION IS REQUESTED 
FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE END OF THE SERVICE. 



B. The order of the procession will be as follows : 

1. The Boys of the choirs in column of fours. 

2. The Marine Band, in column of fours. 

3. The Men of the choirs, in column of fours. 

4. The Lay Readers of the Diocese in column of fours. 

5. Clergy of other Dioceses, in column of fours. 

6. Clergy of the Diocese of Washington, in column of fours. 

7. The Cathedral Council, in column of fours. 

8. The Cathedral Chapter, in column of twos. 

9. The Bishops, in column of twos. 
ID. The Officiating Bishops. 



154 DrDet of Ceremonies 

NO ONE WILL BE PERMITTED TO JOIN THE PROCESSION 
AFTER THE SERVICE HAS BEGUN. 



When the procession reaches the platform, the boys, band, men of the 
choirs, and Lay Readers will proceed to their assigned places on the platform. 
The Clergfy will halt, open ranks, two by two, facing each other, and the pro- 
cession will move in reverse order — all of the Bishops taking their places on 
the front platform — the clergy of Washington, the Council, and the Chapter 
of the Cathedral, the places reserved for them on the platform, and the clergy 
of other Dioceses, the seats reserved for them. 

THIRD. 

After the Benediction, the Band will play the Dresden Amen and the 
first of the Recessional Hymns, whereupon the Choirs will begin to sing — 
and the procession will move. At the end of first Recessional Hymn there will 
be a moment's rest ; then the Band will play over the next hymn, whereupon 
the Choirs will begin to sing and proceed. If it is necessary to repeat we 
will begin with "O Sion Haste." 

When the head of the procession reaches the north door of St. Albaa's 
Church, it will divide two by two, on each side facing each other; the 
procession will then move in reverse order until the Bishop of Washington 
reaches the doorway of the Church, when the singing will cease, the prayer 
will be said, the Band will play the Seven-fold Amen. The Bishops will 
proceed through St. Alban's Church to the rectory, the Cathedral Chapter, 
the Cathedral Council, the Clergy and Lay Readers into St. Alban's Church. 
The choirs will reform in column of fours and return in order and in silence 
to the Choir School. 

FOURTH. 

In case of rain the Bishops will vest in the Cathedral School for Girls 
and be taken in carriages to the platform ; the Clergy, Choirs, and Band will 
vest underneath platform. The whole platform is roofed over for protection 
in case of rain. 

FIFTH. 

Persons arriving in the cars or on foot will enter and leave the grounds 
at Massachusetts Avenue, at St. Alban's gate, and at the pupils' entrance 
of the National Cathedral School for Girls. 

Persons arriving in carriages or herdics via Woodley Lane, will enter at 
St. Hilda's gate at the corner of Woodley Lane and Wisconsin Avenue. 

Private carriages will enter and leave the grounds either through the 
entrance on Woodley Lane or the road leading from Massachusetts Avenue, 
directly south of the grounds ; after the passengers are discharged all carriages 
will be parked under the direction of the officers of the District Police, at 
least two hundred feet north of St. Alban's Church. No carriages will be 
allowed under anv circumstances to remain south of the Church at any time 
during the exercises. 

All persons are requested to remain at the platform until after the 
Recessional. 

About fifty members of the Churchman's League have courteously agreed 
to act as ushers; they will be distinguished by badges of purple and white 
ribbon. 

SIXTH. 

ROUTES TO THE CATHEDRAL GROUNDS. 

First Route — Via Capital Traction cars to 32d Street, Georgetown, con- 
necting with the cars of the Georgetown and Tennallytown Road, passing the 
gate of the Cathedral grounds. Two fares required. 



SDcDet of Cetemonies 155 

Second Route — Via Washington Railway and Electric Company's cars 
(Metropolitan line) to 326. Street, Georgetown, connecting with the George- 
town and Tennallytown cars. One fare required. Transfers will be given at 
or near junction of 32d and P Streets by the conductor. 

Third Route — Via Chevy Chase cars to Cathedral Avenue, connecting 
with herdics. A small charge will be asked by the herdic company for 
delivery at the grounds from this junction. It is about fifteen minutes walk to 
the Cathedral grounds. 

Fourth Route — Via herdics up Massachusetts Avenue from Dupont 
Circle, in connection with the F Street cars, for this there will be extra charge. 

SEVENTH. 

Carriages and motor vehicles will be parked separately, in distinct sec- 
tions, under the immediate supervision of the police. 

The parking section will be lettered, and checks bearing the section desig- 
nation and number of carriage, in duplicate, will be handed to the drivers 
of carriages and conductors of motor vehicles upon arrival on the grounds, 
at the time occupants leave the same. 

Drivers shall ask for check and assignment from the police officers de- 
tailed to this work. 

At the conclusion of the exercises attendants with megaphones will call 
carriages and motor drivers at distinct points in proximity to the place 
of parking. 



Open Air Service of the International Convention 
of the Brotherhood of St. Andrev^, 3 P. M. 



ORDER OF CEREMONIES 

FIRST. 

1. Officiating Bishops will vest in the Little Sanctuary. 

2. All of the other Bishops will vest in St. Alban's Rectory. 

3. All other Clergy will vest in St. Alban's Church. 

4. The Cathedral Chapter will meet in the Vestry Room of St. Alban's. 

5. The Cathedral Council will meet in the Vestry Room of St. Alban's. 

6. The Lay Readers will vest in St. Alban's Church. 

7. The Choirs will vest in the New Choir School. 

8. The Marine Band will vest in the new Choir School. 

SECOND. 

The procession will be formed in column of fours, except the Band, 
which will be in column of eights, the Cathedral Chapter and the Bishops, 
who will be in column of twos, on the south side of St. Alban's Church, the 
head of column at the Peace Cross at a quarter before three o'clock p. m. 
The Band will be stationed at the Peace Cross and will play Mendelssohn's 
"Hymn of Praise" promptly at three o'clock. The prayer will be said by 
the Bishop of Washington, who with the Officiating Bishops, will stand on 



156 !9DrDet of Cetemonto 

the Salem Place. The Processional hymn will be played over by the Band, 
then the procession will move singing. At the end of each processional hymn 
there will be a moment's rest; the band will play over the next hymn, where- 
upon the procession will move singing. In case it is necessary to repeat, we 
will begin again with the first processional hymn. 

ABSOLUTE SILENCE FROM ALL CONVERSATION IS REQUESTED 

OF ALL, FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE END OF 

THE SERVICE. 



All members of the Choir are specially urged to listen to and keep in time 
zvith the Band, particularly when marching. 



The order of the procession will be as follows : 

1. The Boys of the choirs in column of fours. 

2. The Marine Band in column of eights. 

3. The Men of the choirs in column of fours. 

4. The Lay Readers of the Diocese in column of fours. 

5. The Clergy of other Dioceses in column of fours. 

6. The Clergy of the Diocese of Washington in column of fours. 

7. The Cathedral Council in column of fours. 

8. The Cathedral Chapter in column of twos. 

9. The Bishops in column of twos. 
10. The Officiating Bishops. 



NO ONE WILL BE PERMITTED TO JOIN THE PROCESSION 
AFTER THE SERVICE HAS BEGUN. 



When the procession reaches the platform the choir boys, band, men of the 
choir and Lay Readers will proceed to their assigned places on the north of the 
main platform. The clergy will halt, open ranks two by two, facing each other, 
and the procession will then move in reverse order ; all the Bishops will 
move to the South, ascend the steps and proceed to the uppermost pace of 
the platform, where the large cross stands, those officiating taking the seats 
assigned. The Clergy of Washington, the Council and the Chapter of the 
Cathedral, the other two speakers on the occasion, on the second and third 
paces of platform, the visiting clergy on the first pace. 

THIRD. 

After the Benediction the Band will play the Dresden Amen, and the first 
of the Recessional Hymns, whereupon the Choirs will begin to sing and the 
procession will move. At end of first Recessional Hymn, there will be a 
moment's rest, when the Band will play over the next hymn ; whereupon 
the Choirs will begin to sing and proceed. If it is necessary to repeat, we 
v/ill begin with "Onward Christian Soldiers." When the head of the pro- 
cession reaches the south door of St. Alban's Church, it will divide two and 
two on each side, facing each other, the procession will then move in reverse 
order until the Bishop of Washington and the Officiating Bishops reach the 
Salem Place and Peace Cross, and the other Bishops have reached the south 
door of St. Alban's Church ; then the singing will cease, the prayer will be 
said, the Band will play the Sevenfold Amen. The Officiating Bishops will 
proceed to the Little Sanctuary, the other Bishops to St. Alban's Rectory, 



DtDet of Ceremonies 157 

the Cathedral Chapter, the Cathedral Council, the Clergy and Lay Readers into 
St. Alban's Church. The choirs will reform in column of fours and return 
in order and in silence to the Choir School. 

FOURTH. 
In case of rain this service will be held in Convention Hall, corner of 
5TH AND K Streets, Northwest, where vesting places will be prepared and 
a special order of ceremonies will be issued. 

FIFTH. 

Persons arriving in the cars or on foot will enter and leave the grounds 
at Massachusetts Avenue, at St. Alban's Gate, and at the pupils' entrance of 
the National Cathedral School for Girls. 

Persons arriving in carriages or herdics via Woodley Lane, will enter at 
St. Hilda's Gate at the corner of Woodley Lane and Wisconsin Avenue. 

Private carriages will enter and leave the grounds eitlier through the 
entrance on Woodley Lane or the road leading from Massachusetts Avenue, 
directly south of the grounds ; after the passengers are discharged all car- 
riages will be parked under the direction of the officers of the District Police, 
at least two hundred feet north of St. Alban's Church. No carriages will be 
allozved under any circumstances to remain south of the Church at any time 
during the exercises. 

All persons are requested to remain at the platform until after the 
Recessional. 

About fifty members of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew have courteously 
agreed to act as ushers ; they will be distinguished by badges of red. 

SIXTH. 

Routes to the Cathedral Grounds : 

First Route — Via Capital Traction cars to 32d Street, Georgetown, con- 
necting with the cars of the Georgetown and Tennallytown Road, passing 
the gate of the Cathedral Grounds. Two fares required. 

Second Route — Via Washington Railway and Electric Company's cars 
(Metropolitan line) to 32d Street, Georgetown, connecting with the George- 
town and Tennallytown cars. One fare required. Transfers will be given at 
or near i unction of 32d and P Streets by the conductor. 

Third Route — Via Chevy Chase cars to Cathedral Avenue, connecting 
with herdics. A small charge will be asked by the herdic company for 
delivery at the grounds from this junction. It is about fifteen minutes walk 
to the Cathedral Grounds. 

Fourth Route — Via Herdics up Massachusetts Avenue from Dupont 
Circle in connection with the F Street cars. For this there will be extra 
charge. 

SEVENTH. 

Carriages and motor vehicles will be parked separately, in distinct sec- 
tions, under the immediate supervision of the police. 

The parking section will be lettered, and checks bearing the section 
designation and number of carriage, in duplicate, will be handed to the drivers 
of carriasres and conductors of motor vehicles upon arrival on the grounds, 
at the time occupants leave the same. 

Drivers shall ask for check and assignment from the police officers 
detailed to this work. 

At the conclusion of the exercises, attendants, with megaphones will 
call carriages and motor drivers at distinct points in proximity to the 
place of parking. 
ALFRED HARDING, RICHARD SYLVESTER, 

Master of Ceremonies. Grand Marshal. 



Q^i^t 3(narrtptt0n nn tlf^ iifouitbattnn 

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A description of the foundation stone is given at the end of 
the office for the laying of the stone. There is no cavity in 
the stone, and no deposit of memorials and other data, because 
the Bishop holds that they indicate a lack of faith in the per- 
manency of the building. As long as Mount Saint Alban 
stands, Washington Cathedral is expected to stand, and when 
building once begins, the stone will never again be dislodged 
or exposed to view. 

On the granite block the inscription is : 

THE FOUNDATION STONE 

OF THE 

CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST. PETER AND ST. PAUL 

FEAST OF ST. MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS 

A. D. 1907 

On the Bethlehem Stone, embedded in the granite block, its 
surface appearing just below the above inscription, is engraved 
these words from St. John 1.14: 

XTbc TKHorD was maJ>e tleeb, an& Dwelt amoitfl U0. 




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